EDIS (Feb 2020)

How to quantify Varroa destructor in honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) colonies

  • Cameron Jack,
  • Nathan Sperry,
  • Ashley N. Mortensen,
  • Jamie Ellis

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 2020, no. 1

Abstract

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The Varroa destructor mite, a devastating pest of western honey bees, can threaten a honey bee colony’s survival if it is left uncontrolled. This 8-page fact sheet written by Cameron Jack, Nathan Sperry, Ashley N. Mortensen, and Jamie Ellis and published by the UF/IFAS Entomology and Nematology Department explains how to monitor honey bee colonies to ensure that infestations of these destructive pests do not grow to dangerous levels. https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/in1257

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