Researchers hope for varroa bee mite breakthrough
February 8, 2016
From: Radio New Zealand
Rachel Graham
A new report from British researchers shows that a deadly virus wiping out bee colonies around the world, was originally a bee virus but it is being spread by the varroa mite.
The researchers have tracked the global spread of the deformed wing virus, and say it came to New Zealand from Europe.
Alison Mercer, a professor of Zoology at Otago University, said there was an epidemic of deformed wing virus in hives across New Zealand now.
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