Kirk Nelson walked outside recently to check on the honeybees he'd been tending for about six years, and got a stark surprise. One of the two colonies in his backyard in Orono, Minnesota, had buzzed ...
Study Shows Synergistic Effects of Pesticides and Mites in Bees, Adding to Science on Colony Decline
(Beyond Pesticides, August 21, 2025) The presence of Varroa mites in combination with the neonicotinoid insecticide imidacloprid increases the risk of bee mortality and disrupts the larval gut ...
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 ...
Local hybrid bees show promise A new study from UC Riverside published in Scientific Reports is the first to show that a locally adapted population of honeybees can naturally and consistently suppress ...
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Australia has already spent over $100 million dealing with Varroa mite. Here’s what we can do next
Varroa is more than just a beekeeping problem. Managed honeybees underpin a significant portion of Australian agriculture, ...
The Californian bees were not entirely immune to the mites. However, colonies headed by locally raised Californian hybrid honeybee queens had about 68% fewer mites on average than colonies headed by ...
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