Varroa control doesn't just help #honeybees, it helps other #pollinators too. Controlling #varroa lowers #DWV (deformed wing virus) among honeybees and there is less spread of DWV to other insects. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42772764/

#Tasmania, one of the few places in the world still free of #varroa, has a plan to try to stop it if it is ever seen on the island. www.tasmaniancountry.com/newspaper/ta...

Seems to be reluctance to tinker given how important honey bees are to global horticulture. If it goes awry there could be serious consequences.
One option could be to introduce AC bees into honeybee hives it seems👇
#agsky #varroa #HoneyBees #ApiaCerana
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...the hive seems to very much help. Removal of the mites also sees more infertile mites left behind.
I can see why there is some hesitancy to cross breed - unforeseen consequences.
#bees #varroa #agsky link.springer.com/article/10.1...

September mite check: where are your counts sitting? This is the window — winter bees are being reared right now and mite damage this month follows the colony into spring. What are you doing? Share your secrets
#beekeeping #varroa #bees #apiary #modernbeekeeper

In what climatic conditions does #varroa thrive? In #Turkiye, they found key factors for its hotspots:
mean temperature of the driest quarter,
precipitation of the warmest quarter,
precipitation seasonality,
precipitation of the coldest quarter.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Australia's northernmost incursion of varroa mite detected in Queensland #varroa #varroamite #bees