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 ...
Jackie Morrison lost 85 per cent of her hives to varroa mite ...
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Queensland beekeepers paying thousands each month to fend off varroa mites as colonies devastated
In March 2025, the 'varroa destructor' first appeared in Queensland beehives. It is believed the parasitic mite, deadly to European honey bees, was carried over the Scenic Rim from New South Wales, ...
They are smaller than a sesame seed but the bee-killing parasite known as varroa destructor lives up to its name, with a huge capacity to decimate beehives if left untreated. First detected in South ...
One day in 2015, Nancy Logan, a hobbyist beekeeper in La Plata County, noticed a honeybee walking strangely. She looked closer and saw four tiny, red-brown insects on its back. “I euthanized her, and ...
Dr. Sammy Ramsey examining a frame from one of his lab’s hives, looking for cells that might have baby bees developing inside. Credit: Santiago Flórez, Science ...
Tropi’s natural host is the giant honey-bee (Apis dorsata), common across South and Southeast Asia. At some point, the mite jumped to the western honey-bee (Apis mellifera), the species kept by ...
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