A mite called tropilaelaps is spreading across honeybee populations in Europe. Researchers are looking at ways to prevent ...

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 ...

The world's worst honey bee parasite is genetically mutating, becoming resistant to common treatments used to save hives. Authorities say treatment-resistant varroa mites were found in New South Wales ...

Fall is here, and the foraging is not easy. Angry bees are swarming all over me — flying into the mesh covering my face, landing all over the rest of my head-to-ankle, borrowed, brilliant-white bee ...

Honey bee mortality can be significantly reduced by ensuring that treatments for the parasitic Varroa mite occur within specific timeframes, a new study reveals. The mites—belonging to the species ...

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 ...

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – Dennis Arp downshifts his aging flatbed truck and slows to a crawl as he points across a grassy meadow near Mormon Lake. In years past, the field would have been carpeted with ...

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.