Finding More Effective Treatments in the Fight Against Varroa Mites (opens in new tab)

Finding More Effective Treatments in the Fight Against Varroa Mites By: Jessica RyanEmail: arspress@usda.gov Researchers from USDA’s Agricultural Research Service (ARS) are helping bee keepers protect their colonies by studying the effectiveness of combining a widely used mite-killing pesticide with an agent that inhibits the ability of the destructive Varroa mite to tolerate the pesticide. Honey bees play a crucial role in U.S. agriculture, with the value of crops that require pollination es...