How honey bees fight back against deadly varroa mites – with a little help

How honey bees fight back against deadly varroa mites – with a little help

Source: ABC News

While honey producers and beekeepers have ways to treat varroa-infested hives, the bees themselves also have a few tricks up their sleeve.

The Varroa destructor mite may be tiny — only a millimetre or two long — but it poses a massive threat to honey bees, beekeepers and honey producers, and agricultural sectors that largely rely on bees to pollinate crops worldwide.
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