Varroa destructor is a parasitic mite about the size of a pinhead, but its impact on global beekeeping has been enormous. The mite attaches to honey bees, feeds on their fat bodies, weakens their ...

Ensuring the health of bees is key to our food security, he said. “One out of every three bites of food that we eat is ...

Commercial beekeeping operates very differently from the small backyard apiaries many people associate with the practice. Large beekeeping operations often manage thousands of hives that travel across ...