New threat to honeybees arises
December 12, 2016
From: AgriNews
Mite threatens European species
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, nutritional deficiencies and disease, a Purdue University study said.
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To bee researchers, it’s a grimly familiar story: V. destructor made the same host leap at least 60 years ago, spreading rapidly to become the most important global health threat to European honeybees.
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