The honeybee mite, Varroa destructor, finally breached Australia’s biosecurity defences four years ago, and is here to stay. Even more concerning, our standard treatments – such as specialised ...

New University of Alberta research could help in the fight against the honeybee's number one enemy—the Varroa mite. Also known as the Varroa destructor, the parasite is a major contributor to annual ...

Queensland researchers are testing novel ways to kill varroa mites, which have developed a resistance to standard treatments.

Honey bee mortality can be significantly reduced by ensuring that treatments for the parasitic Varroa mite occur within specific timeframes, a new study reveals. The mites—belonging to the species ...

Tests with fake bee larvae reveal that a “vampire” mite attacking honeybees may not be so much a bloodsucker as a fat slurper. The ominously named Varroa destructor mite invaded North America in the ...

More than 600 hives have been destroyed, with the number likely to increase in the coming days Biosecurity zones have been established across Newcastle and the Mid North Coast after the varroa mite ...

Biosecurity officials have for the first time found evidence of the world’s most feared bee pest in Queensland, at a Lockyer Valley property. Biosecurity Queensland said preliminary identification of ...

The deadly link between the worldwide collapse of honeybee colonies and a bloodsucking parasite has been revealed by scientists. They have discovered that the mite has massively and permanently ...