Blue Sky Bee Supply Blog
Varroa Mites Feed on the Fat Bodies of Honey Bees, Not the Hemolymph. This is Important!
Above: An image showing a cross section of a varroa mite feeding on a honey bee’s abdominal cavity is one of several ARS microscopy images changing what we know about how mites damage honey bees.Research by scientists at the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and the University of Maryland released today sheds new light — and reverses decades of scientific dogma — regarding a honey bee pest (Varroa destructor) that is considered the greatest single driver of the global honey bee colony losses.
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30th Jan 2019