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

A parasitic Varroa mite is attached to a European honey bee. Varroa mites, which spread diseases, have become widely immune to the most common insecticide used against them. (Courtesy USDA) Scientists ...

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A virus spread by mites is responsible for the death of 60-70% of commercially managed bee colonies in the U.S. The varroa mite, resistant to common miticides, carries the deadly virus. Other factors, ...

TWIN FALLS — Bees are not only amazing insects. They are vital to Kirk Tubbs’ business. “I really enjoy the bees, and we need them,” said Tubbs, owner of Tubbs Berry Farm in Twin Falls, who keeps ...

A tiny eight-legged bloodsucker is draining some of the life out of Montana's honeybee business. The creature, sometimes called a vampire mite, has wiped out 30 percent to 40 percent of the bees, ...

Honey bee mortality can be significantly reduced by ensuring that treatments for the parasitic Varroa mite occur within ...

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 deadly pathogen throughout their colonies. Between 60% to 70% of the ...

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 ...