So, when varroa mites attack the fat body, they seriously weaken the bee. The mites can also transmit a virus that causes a bee to be born with deformed wings, no good for flying. Let’s ...

Varroa mites are an invasive species that originated in Asia, and spread to all continents where honey bees reside, except for Australia. However, with the recent discovery, New South Wales has put ...

As the managed honey bee industry continues to grapple with significant annual colony losses, the Varroa destructor mite is emerging as the leading culprit. And, it turns out, the very nature of ...

FEW PESTS are more feared by apiarists than the aptly named Varroa destructor. This mite, originally a parasite of Apis cerana, the Asian honey bee, has plagued Apis mellifera, cerana’s western ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – A sister species of the Varroa destructor mite is developing the ability to parasitize European honeybees, threatening pollinators already hard pressed by pesticides, ...

Honey bees fight back against Varroa Date: September 27, 2012 Source: BioMed Central Limited Summary: The parasitic mite Varroa destructor is a major contributor to the recent mysterious death of ...

A varroa mite (the small dark dot) sits on a bee larva in May 2014. The mite lays its eggs on the bee larvae. The young mites hatch roughly at the same time as the young bee develops.

The Varroa destructor mite may be tiny — only a millimetre or two long — but it poses a massive threat to honey bees, beekeepers and honey producers, and agricultural sectors that largely rely ...

Varroa impact around the world. It has been reported that hived bees in the United States dropped by about 30 per cent when it was found there, and native bee populations in New Zealand dropped by ...

Without human intervention, Varroa kills around 95% of the honey bees it infects, but the survivors can evolve resistance. However, losing almost all bees would decimate Australia’s agriculture.