Dr. Sammy Ramsey examining a frame from one of his lab’s hives, looking for cells that might have baby bees developing inside. Credit: Santiago Flórez, Science Friday “The name for this parasite is a ...

A commercial beekeeper fears the destructive honey-bee parasite varroa mite is spreading through southern New South Wales faster than surveillance and detection systems can manage. The flat ...

"[My bees] did the same few years back," she wrote in an email. "Mites were crazy this fall." Varroa mites are present in every honeybee hive across the United States, Spivak said. The parasites ...

The mite has the potential to decimate ... Biosecurity Queensland has issued a control order that restricts the movement of bees, hives and products from Boondall to Chandler, in Brisbane's ...

Gardaí based in Baltinglass are investigating the theft and have taken a statement from him but are not confident the hives ...

Director of Research and Innovation Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Jessica May, says it weakens hives. "It's a little mite that attaches to the bees and it can carry lots of ...

Keepers inside a new biosecurity zone will not be able to move hives, bees or honeycombs until further notice. Australia was the only continent free of the varroa mites, which are the biggest ...

A NEW NATIONAL BEE SURVEY OF BEEKEEPERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY SHOWS THAT THEY LOST ALMOST HALF OF THEIR COLONIES FROM APRIL OF ...

The key to fighting the mites and keeping the bee population from dwindling in the hives is to be on top of the issue and ...

With her tiny probiscis, the nectar is drawn into her small honey crop with care, When her honey crop is full, she returns to ...

says it is distressing how many American honey bee colonies, or hives as they are otherwise known, die off every year. Hit by a deadly parasitic mite, pesticides and climate change, a survey ...