Alexander Mikheyev receives funding from the Australian Research Council. A tiny foe threatens Australian beekeepers’ livelihood, our food supply and the national economy. First detected in New South ...

Patrick O'Connor receives funding from the Australian Research Council, Agrifutures Australia and State Governments. A tiny parasitic mite that lives on the European honeybee (Apis mellifera) has ...

Researchers say Australia is in a unique position to prepare native species for the impacts of the Varroa destructor—a mite ...

The deadly honey bee parasite, varroa mite, has been detected in South Australia for the first time. The state was the fifth jurisdiction to detect the pest after a discovery was made in the Riverland ...