A parasitic disease threatening honey bees was among 11 research topics tackled recently by lecturers at Moray College.
The £3,000 study into varroasis was one of the college’s first small research projects necessary to gain university status.
Ground-breaking discoveries by Michigan State Univ. researchers could help protect honeybees from deadly parasites that have devastated commercial colonies.
There is a very good reason why the honey produced by Australia’s bees is considered to be among the world’s cleanest and most delicious.
New Zealand honey bees are under new threat from the varroa destructor mite following reports of resistance to treatment in the Auckland area.
The UH Honeybee Varroa Project took a break from searching for feral hives on Friday to look at the managed hives of local beekeepers.
Feral beehives in Kehena in the Puna region of the Big Island of Hawaii were tagged and studied by researchers from the University of Hawaii at Manoa on Friday.
Ruakura Plant and Food Research scientist Dr Mark Goodwin developed a metarhizium fungus-based product which is effective against the bee-killing varroa mite.
The U.S. House has approved the House-Senate Conference report on the 2010 agriculture appropriations bill.
In just over a year’s time, the varroa mite, a parasite that kills honeybees, has spread from the Hilo Bay area north to Onomea and south to Pahala, researchers say.
The 2009 Bee Winterkill Survey confirmed the trouble Alberta beekeepers have had for the past three years with the failure of readily available pest control for varroa mites, presence of a new parasite species; Nosema ceranae, and unusual cold winter followed by cold spring.
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