Where would we be (!) without bees? Bees are irreplaceable in our food chain. One out of every three bites of food that we eat have been made possible by bees’ activities – nuts, fruit, and vegetables ...

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 ...

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 ...

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In Southern California, some honeybees appear to be doing what many others across the country cannot: living with one of beekeeping’s most destructive parasites and keeping it under control. That ...

UC Davis Assistant Professor Sascha Nicklisch, left, and USDA-ARS research entomologist Julia Fine stand with bee hives. The duo partnered to investigate a treatment that targets varroa mites without ...

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 ...