A new biopesticide could help battle growing resistance to varroa mite treatments in Australia.

A new breed of honey bees, named “Pol-line”, has been selectively bred to identify and remove the Varroa mite from their colonies, which has been a major threat to honey bees for half a century. This ...

Credit: University of Alberta Rueppell and his team at the U of A are focused mainly on coming up with control measures for the Varroa and other honeybee pests by developing pesticides and also ...

A new breed of honey bees provides a major advance in the global fight against the parasitic Varroa mite, new research shows. A new breed of honey bees provides a major advance in the global fight ...

Australia’s honeybees are facing an exceptional crisis. The tiny but devastating foreign pest Varroa destructor is steadily spreading across the country. The mite feeds on baby bees (larvae), ...