Varroa is a major world-wide pest to Western honey bees (Apis mellifera), causing huge
ongoing losses of colonies every year. Conversely, the Eastern honey bee (Apis cerana) is …

Beekeepers have various options to control the parasitic mite Varroa destructor in honey
bee colonies, but no empirical data are available on the methods they apply in practice. We …

Globalization has facilitated the spread of emerging pests such as the Varroa destructor
mite, resulting in the near global distribution of the pest. In South African and Brazilian honey …

Established invasive species can pose a continuous threat to biodiversity and food security,
thereby calling for sustainable mitigation. There is a consensus that the ubiquitous ecto …

Western honeybee populations, Apis mellifera, in Europe have been known to survive
infestations of the ectoparasitic mite, Varroa destructor, by means of natural selection …

Suppressed mite reproduction (SMR) is an important trait for the selection of Varroa resistant
honey bee colonies. It has repeatedly been assumed that SMR is an effect of varroa …

The Varroa destructor mite is a parasitic threat to managed and feral honey bee colonies
around the world. Beekeepers use miticides to eliminate Varroa in commercial hives, but …

The ectoparasitic mite Varroa destructor is a key threat for European honeybee subspecies
(Apis mellifera) globally. However, some A. mellifera populations are known to survive mite …

The ectoparasitic mite Varroa destructor is an invasive species of Western honey bees (Apis
mellifera) and the largest pathogenic threat to their health world-wide. Its successful invasion …

Varroa-sensitive hygiene (VSH) is highly influenced by the worker bee's olfactory ability.
Workers bred for VSH and non-selected control line workers were tested for differences in …