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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...
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being infested with
Varroa mites is
called varroosis (also, incorrectly, varroatosis).
Varroa mites,
specifically the
species Varroa destructor, are recognised...
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closely linked with
Varroa sensitive hygiene. Negatives:
higher levels of
aggression increased tendency to
swarm lower resistance to
varroa mites due to poorer...
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enough **** from
enough drones.
Varroa destructor, a
parasitic mite,
propagates within the
brood cell of bees. The
Varroa mite
prefers drone brood as it...
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Varroa jacobsoni is a
species of mite that
parasitises Apis
cerana (Asian
honey bees). The more
damaging Varroa destructor was
previously included under...
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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...
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THYMOVAR is a
product to
control the
Varroa mite (
Varroa destructor) on bees (Apis mellifera) and
contains the
essential oil thymol.
THYMOVAR contains...
- pesticides,
infections with
various pathogens (especially
those transmitted by
Varroa and
Acarapis mites), malnutrition,
genetic factors, immunodeficiencies,...
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discovered to be
varroa resistant. In
Finland (Lundén Apiaries) and
Sweden (Österlund Apiaries)
there are
buckfast strains confirmed to be
varroa resistant by...
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Western honey bees are
threatened by
pests and diseases,
especially the
Varroa mite and
colony collapse disorder.
There are
indications that the species...
