The world's worst honey bee parasite is genetically mutating, making it resistant to common treatments used to save hives. Authorities say treatment-resistant varroa mites were found in New South ...

A new RNA-based treatment from GreenLight Biosciences to combat varroa mites shows great promise for promoting hive health and preventing widespread mite outbreaks. This new treatment, Norroa, uses ...

Beekeepers in South Australia are pleading for increased access to organic treatments for varroa mite. The small, red mite is known as the "world's worst" honey bee parasite and was first discovered ...

The Honey Bee Health Coaltion’s free interactive tool distills product labels into five simple questions so beekeepers spend ...

The Varroa Management Decision Tool is available for free at https:// honeybeehealthcoalition.org/ decide/index.html while ...

For decades, beekeepers have fought a tiny parasite called Varroa destructor, which has devastated honey-bee colonies around the world. But an even deadlier mite, Tropilaelaps mercedesae—or "tropi"—is ...

This deadly parasite could change beekeeping in Australia forever. Bees are vital to our survival. They help pollinate our food and keep our ecosystem in balance. Without them, there would be massive ...

The world's honeybee population is in peril, and the implications reach beyond the hive. With the crisis threatening the sustainability of beekeeping as an industry and the global food system itself, ...

Varroa mites feed on honeybees' fat body tissue, which weakens their immune systems, reduces their body weight, and shortens their lives. The fat body is an organ in bees that, if you were comparing ...

Australian families battered by the cost-of-living crisis are being warned to brace for a fresh surge in supermarket prices, ...