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From the Editor By: Jerry Hayes Lots of colony losses once again in 2023. There are three words I want you to remember: Varroa,…
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Australia is Exterminating Tens of Millions of Bees
Australia is exterminating tens of millions of bees to save its honey industry Ryan Hogg Australian authorities have been exterminating millions of bees to…
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Varroa in Australia Will Cost Beekeepers Millions
Bee varroa mite outbreak set to cost beekeepers millions of dollars as government works to control spread ABC Rural / By Keely Johnson, Madeline Lewis, and Kelly Fuller…
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Varroa Found in Australia
NSW issues bee lockdown after deadly varroa mite parasite discovered Australia ‘the only major honey-producing country free from varroa mite’, the most serious pest…
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ARS Develops Varroa Resistant Honey Bees
ARS-developed Varroa-resistant honey bees better winter survivors US Department of Agriculture – Agricultural Research Service Baton Rouge, La.—Pol-line honey bees, a type of Varroa…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – Listen In On The Most Unique, Fantastic Research Projects We’ve Heard On Varroa Control. You Won’t Believe It!
From www.Beekeepingtodaypodcast.com. Listen in on this. Joining this episode is a team representing one of the 18 finalist in the Empire State Development and…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – There’s Industry Money To Be Had For Honey Bee Health Research. Check This Out!
Project Apis m. and the National Honey Board Announce a Request for Research Proposals to Support and Enhance Honey Bee Health. Salt Lake City,…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – Jerry Hayes Joins Vita Bee Health as VP North America.
Internationally respected US beekeeping expert Jerry Hayes has been appointed vice president North America for Vita Bee Health to help beekeepers improve and maintain…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – Australia Has a Near Miss on Varroa Entering the Country. Surveillance of Varroa Ends After no Mites Were Found.
NO FURTHER detections of varroa mite have been made six weeks after the bee parasite was discovered in a container onboard a ship that…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – Attention US Beekeepers: Researchers Need Mites to Sample. Check Out How, and Why
At the University of Wisconsin-Stout, we are investigating a potential new bacterial disease of honey bees which may be transmitted by Varroa destructor mites….
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CATCH THE BUZZ – Cold Storage for Honey Bee Colonies Breaks the Brood Cycle and Makes Varroa Treatments More Effective. How Cool!!
The black bump on this honey bee’s back is a varroa mite. Mites weaken bees’ immune systems, transmit viruses, and siphon off nutrients. Photo…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – Monsanto and St. Louis Biotech Startup Develop Tool to Protect Bees and Fight Pests.
By Eli Chen St Louis Public Radio Merav Gleit, Monsanto’s bee health platform lead, holds up a swath of honey bees that she’s using…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – KIM&JIM and the Honey Bee Health Coalition Manage Varroa the Right Way!
Varroa mites suck, but the Honey Bee Health Coalition — which works with beekeepers, growers, and others to develop strategies to support honey bee…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – Honey Bees Are Dying. In Three Minutes, A UMD Student Can Tell You Why.
University of Maryland doctoral student Samuel Ramsey has conducted award-winning research on honey bees in Thailand. (Courtesy of John Consoli) By Noah Fortson Trekking through…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – 2017 North American Mite-A-Thon, Saturday, September 9 to Saturday, September 16, 2017
Mite-A-Thon is a national effort to collect mite infestation data and to visualize varroa infestations in honey bee colonies across North America within a…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – Bees Are Starting To Evolve To Survive Destructive Varroa Mite, Researcher Says
By: Robin McConchie Bees in the United States and Europe are starting to evolve through natural selection to survive a mite that has been…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – Pollinator Partnership’s 10th Annual Pollinator Week Leads Support and Action for Pollinators in 2017 and Beyond
Tom Van Arsdall, Laurie Davies Adams BECAUSE ALL THE POLLINATOR BUZZES DIDN’T FIT INTO POLLINATOR WEEK Pollinator Week 2017 (June 19-25), marks the tenth…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – How the Varroa Mite Co-Opts Honey Bee Behaviors to Its Own Advantage
by Entomology Today As the managed honey bee industry continues to grapple with significant annual colony losses, the Varroa destructor mite is emerging as the leading culprit….
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CATCH THE BUZZ – Mite-Resistant Russian Honey Bees Might Not Prevent Varroa Infestations
April 11, 2017 by Entomology Today, By Meredith Swett Walker The European honey bee (Apis mellifera), shown above with a Varroa destructor mite on…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – Sick bees explode across the landscape
The importance of controlling varroa populations especially in areas of relatively dense bee colonies was stressed by Dr Dennis vanEngelsdorp at the BBKA Spring…
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