Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tropi’s natural host is the giant honey-bee (Apis dorsata), common across South and Southeast Asia. At some point, the mite jumped ...

Honey bees are now fighting back aggressively against Varroa mites, thanks to new efforts to develop bees with a genetic trait that allows them to more easily find the mites and toss them out of the ...

University of Otago research reveals bees' sense of smell gives them a fighting chance against the deadly parasitic mite, Varroa destructor. Varroa mites present one of the greatest challenges to ...