WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – A sister species of the Varroa destructor mite is developing the ability to parasitize European honeybees, threatening pollinators already hard pressed by pesticides, ...

In short: A species of varroa mite has been discovered at the Port of Brisbane during a routine inspection by Biosecurity Queensland. It's a different species to the one that has caused widespread ...

TESTING has confirmed a colony of bees that arrived in a container at the Port of Melbourne last month was infected with varroa destructor. Department of Agriculture spokeswoman Melanie Curtis said ...

Commercial beekeepers are worried that a tiny parasitic mite that destroys the lifecycle of honeybees might devastate their industry and cost the nation's fruit and nut farmers billions of dollars.

The fight to eradicate the Asian honey bee threat in north Queensland is taking a more creative twist — using helium balloons booby trapped with pheromones to attract the unwanted pest. Biosecurity ...

A parasite which preyed on bees vital to the Australian honey industry has been officially eradicated from the country after it was first detected in Townsville The parasite, varroa jacobsoni, was ...

The Queensland government slapped a 10km movement control order on the bee industry as specialists prevent the potential spread of the mite. Testing has confirmed the single Varroa mite found was a ...

A spokeswoman from the NSW Department of Primary Industries said results from the Elizabeth Macarthur Agricultural Institute have confirmed that the varroa mite in NSW belongs to the Korean haplotype ...

A sister species of the Varroa destructor mite is developing the ability to parasitize European honeybees, threatening pollinators already hard pressed by pesticides, nutritional deficiencies and ...

The parasite, varroa jacobsoni, was discovered in feral Asian honey bee nests at the Port of Townsville in May 2019 and April 2020. Minister for Agriculture and Northern Australia David Littleproud ...