Varroa destructor, the Varroa mite, is an external parasitic mite that attacks and feeds on honey bees and is one of the most damaging honey bee pests...

being infested with Varroa mites is called varroosis (also, incorrectly, varroatosis). Varroa mites, specifically the species Varroa destructor, are recognised...

enough semen from enough drones. Varroa destructor, a parasitic mite, propagates within the brood cell of bees. The Varroa mite prefers drone brood as it...

closely linked with Varroa sensitive hygiene. higher levels of aggression increased tendency to swarm lower resistance to varroa mites due to poorer hygienic...

Varroa jacobsoni is a species of mite that parasitises Apis cerana (Asian honey bees). The more damaging Varroa destructor was previously included under...

Varroa sensitive hygiene (VSH) is a behavioral trait of honey bees (Apis mellifera) in which bees detect and remove bee pupae that are infested by the...

discovered to be varroa resistant. In Finland (Lundén Apiaries) and Sweden (Österlund Apiaries) there are buckfast strains confirmed to be varroa resistant by...

pesticides, infections with various pathogens, especially those transmitted by Varroa and Acarapis mites, malnutrition, genetic factors, immunodeficiencies, loss...

predators or parasites. This last type includes the commercially destructive Varroa parasite of honey bees, as well as scabies mites of humans. Most species...

Varroa rindereri is an external parasitic mite that feeds on honey bees. The only known honey bee species it feeds on is Apis koschevnikovi de Guzman,...