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Not a Pretty Sight
It's not a pretty sight--the Varroa mite attacking a honey bee. Beekeepers are accustomed to...
Varroa Mite
Mite Free
Mighty Mite
The BBC this week examined colony collapse disorder (CCD), a mysterious phenomonen characterized by...
Varroa mite on drone
Tiny mite
Mighty Mite
It's a mighty mite and it's causing beekeepers fits. The varroa mite (see photo below) is an...
A female varroa mite on a drone (male bee). The mite is the reddish-brown parasite on the bee's thorax. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)