A deadly parasite that infests beehives and kills honey bees has spread through regional Victoria. Varroa mites have been detected in beehives throughout the Gippsland region, putting apiarists on ...

This video shows an Australian stingless native beehive being split to make two hives. These Australian native bees are ...

CANBERRA, Sept 20 (Reuters) - The Australian government said it will stop trying to eradicate the Varroa mite, a parasite that kills honey bees, and will instead try to manage its spread, which is ...

In this video, we demonstrate how to collect honey from Australian native bees using a honey super. How to remove a honey super from a native beehive and also how to add a honey super to an existing ...

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 ...

A deadly parasite that has laid waste to bee colonies throughout Australia has so far not made it to Kangaroo Island, home to ...

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 ...

Resistance to synthetic antibiotics poses a critical global health challenge. Various European honeybee and other natural products have been proposed as novel therapeutic agents to address this ...

Manu Saunders is affiliated with the non-profit Wild Pollinators Oceania. Mark Hall receives funding from Hort Innovation Australia. He is affiliated with the non-profit Wild Pollinators Oceania and ...

KANGAROO ISLAND, Australia — Bees swarm around Peter Davis as he unloads his precious, buzzing cargo into their new home in a part of South Australia’s Kangaroo Island that was not devastated by ...

Stingless bees are found throughout tropical and subtropical parts of the world and produce significantly less honey than their European honey bee counterparts (Apis mellifera) which are the world's ...

One expert hopes a coordinated effort among beekeepers will get the situation under control, but a master beekeeper says she's not confident that'll be enough.