The varroa mite may be tiny — only a millimetre or two long — but it poses a huge threat to honey bees, beekeepers and honey ...

With potentially devastating bee parasites now in South Australia, beekeepers say a move made just weeks before the pest was detected has left them dangerously unprepared. The National Varroa Mite ...

Beekeepers in South Australia are on high alert as the bee killer varroa mite continues to spread across the state. They're ...

The parasite, which feeds on Asian and European honey bees, was discovered during routine surveillance in the Riverland this week making South Australia the fifth jurisdiction to detect the pest. The ...

The "world's worst" honey bee parasite, varroa mite, has been detected in South Australia for the first time. The discovery was made in the state's Riverland during routine surveillance, with farmers ...

The National Varroa Mite Management Program has delivered eight workshops in SA aimed at providing commercial and recreational beekeepers techniques to combat the mite. But the parasite, which has ...