Honey bee parasites, varroa mites, feed on fatty organs, not blood. ScienceDaily. Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2019 / 01 / 190114161137.htm. University of Maryland.

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 ...

Nathan Mutch stood in disbelief when he opened his honey bee hives this spring.The commercial beekeeper said it was ...

About 60 per cent of U.S. bees died off this year - which keepers have described as 'depressingly sad' with potential ...

Researchers believe that they have pinpointed the cause of a history-making recent honey bee die-off, and what they found ...

The varroa mite attacks the European honey bee, Apis mellifera, Australia's most prolific honey producer. Most of our crops are pollinated by the large population of feral European honey bees ...

Jan. 19, 2023 — 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 suggests a relatively ...

The Varroa destructor, a parasitic mite that threatens populations of honey bees worldwide, has long been thought to feed on blood like many of its mite and tick cousins.. Findings of new research ...

4 Bee Research Laboratory, Beltsville Agricultural Research Center - East, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, MD 20705-0000, USA. 5 Department of Entomology, Purdue University, West Lafayette ...

Varroa mites are an invasive species that originated in Asia, and spread to all continents where honey bees reside, except for Australia. However, with the recent discovery, New South Wales has put ...

As seen in the body of science that this study adds to, neonicotinoids and Varroa mites are interacting stressors for bees that also have synergy. Previous studies have shown how the interacting ...

The Honey Bee Health Coalition, working with an international team of 12 scientists, ... Grant targets Varroa mite as threat to honey bees. 03/21/18 1:15 AM By Daniel Enoch.