varroa

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• What's more, varroa mites are thought to transmit at least a half-dozen bee viruses.

  Academic text (1999)

• Visible as a dark oval shape, an adult female varroa mite feeds on the midsection of a developing worker bee.

  Academic text (1999)

• Varroa mites are a serious threat to honey bee colonies.

  Academic text (2011)

• A family of varroa mites was found at the bottom of a honey bee brood cell.

  Academic text (1999)

• Varroa mites feed on the blood of adult bees and developing young bees that are still soft, white pupae.

  Academic text (1999)

• An eight-legged, blood-sucking parasite known as the varroa mite ranks as one of the worst enemies of honey bees worldwide.

  Academic text (1999)

• The standard treatments for Varroa mites are chemical-based miticides, such as fluvalinate and coumaphos.

  Academic text (2004)

• Varroa mites may camouflage themselves by aligning their setae with the hairs on the bee's body.

  Academic text (2000)

• Varroa mites have been implicated in the spread of a pathogen known as Kashmir bee virus, but scientists don't yet know the mites' exact role.

  Academic text (1999)

• The varroa mite is a major culprit in honeybee deaths.

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