The honeybee-killing Varroa mite is marching across the country, as two experts explain.
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A tiny mite has been killing honey bees all around the world, and will inevitably reach Australian shores. So what is this destructive mite, and what we can do to protect Australian honey bees? The Varroa…
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ARC Early Career Research Fellow, Social Insect Ecology, Macquarie University
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