Every year, up to half the honeybee colonies in the U.S. die. Varroa mites, the bees’ ghastly parasites, are one of the main culprits. After hitching a ride into a hive, a mite mom hides in a ...

Scientists believe massive honey bee die-offs were caused by alarmingly high levels of viral infections from parasitic Varroa mites — the tiny arachnids had genetic resistance to the most common ...

A virus spread by mites is responsible for the death of 60-70% of commercially managed bee colonies in the U.S. The varroa mite, resistant to common miticides, carries the deadly virus. Other factors, ...

(Beyond Pesticides, August 21, 2025) The presence of Varroa mites in combination with the neonicotinoid insecticide imidacloprid increases the risk of bee mortality and disrupts the larval gut ...

KSU is working to educate beekeepers and experimenting with genetics. Bees are an important part of the ecosystem and essential to growing produce. But a small parasitic mite is putting bees at risk.

A fast-spreading parasite is expected to devastate local bee colonies over the next two years, affecting commercial and backyard crops.

There are fears that Australia's bees, which help pollinate up to $4 billion worth of crops each year, may be at risk of exposure to a dangerous mite that could devastate the fruit and vegetable ...

A catastrophic loss of bee colonies over the winter has been blamed on a mite that injects a virus into the bees and spreads the deadly pathogen throughout their colonies. Between 60% to 70% of the ...