Varroa destructor is a significant external parasite threatening colony health in honey bees

🌐 Original language: Turkish 📰 Source: aricilik.org
Varroa destructor is a significant external parasite threatening colony health in honey bees
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Varroa destructor is a significant external parasite threatening colony health in honey bees. Beekeepers should regularly inspect both adult bees and combs containing capped brood. The wax strip method involves heating and softening a strip of wax, applying it to the comb area with capped brood, then quickly pulling it off. Both the mites on the strip and the exposed brood cells are examined.

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