Every year, American beekeepers lose nearly half their colonies, and the varroa mite is the single biggest killer. The ...

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In Southern California, some honeybees appear to be doing what many others across the country cannot: living with one of ...

A unique hybrid honeybee found only in Southern California has demonstrated the ability to survive attacks from deadly mites.

In Southern California’s inland valleys, where colonies stay active year-round and Varroa destructor never gets a winter ...

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 cousin ...

The drastic decline in global honeybee populations is no secret. The phenomenon has been named “colony collapse syndrome,” and though it’s not clear what factors led up to it, entomologist Samuel ...

Seemingly indestructible Varroa mites have decimated honeybee populations and are a primary cause of colony collapse disorder, or CCD. Scientists have found genetic holes in the pests' armor that ...

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