In Southern California, some honeybees appear to be doing what many others across the country cannot: living with one of beekeeping’s most destructive parasites and keeping it under control. That ...

Honey bee mortality can be significantly reduced by ensuring that treatments for the parasitic Varroa mite occur within specific timeframes, a new study reveals. The mites—belonging to the species ...

Varroa destructor is an ectoparasitic mite that can cause European honey bee colonies to collapse by spreading Deformed wing virus as they feed. A study published in PLOS Pathogens by Zachary Lamas ...

BARNESVILLE, Minn. -- Hundreds of bees buzz around Zack Bateson as he bends over a frame from a hive that's loaded with honey. Using a small tool, he lifts a dripping square of honeycomb into a ...

Where would we be (!) without bees? Bees are irreplaceable in our food chain. One out of every three bites of food that we eat have been made possible by bees’ activities – nuts, fruit, and vegetables ...

FARGO — DNA testing shows honeybees tend to have the same level of disease no matter who cares for them. Zack Bateson is research manager at the nonprofit National Agricultural Genotyping Center in ...

(Beyond Pesticides, July 10, 2024) An article last month in Entomology Today, a publication of the Entomological Society of America, highlights the important findings of a study published earlier this ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A catastrophic loss of bee colonies over the winter has been blamed on a mite that injects a virus into the bees and spreads the ...

(Beyond Pesticides, January 18, 2023) Sunflower plantings have the potential to significantly reduce mite infestations in nearby honey bee colonies, according to research recently published in the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Southern California hybrid honeybees carry far fewer Varroa mites, offering clues for healthier colonies. (CREDIT: Wikimedia / CC ...