They are smaller than a sesame seed but the bee-killing parasite known as varroa destructor lives up to its name, with a huge capacity to decimate beehives if left untreated. First detected in South ...

When South Australian beekeeper Ian Cass looks at his beehives he finds a tiny, red mite. Despite its size, it is this hard-to-manage micro menace that scares him most and threatens his livelihood. He ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Theotime Colin For decades, Australia was the last inhabited continent free of the bee-killing Varroa mite (Varroa destructor).

ATWATER, Calif. -- Beekeepers who are battling a mysterious ailment that led to the disappearance of millions of honeybees now fear the sting of imported Australian bees that they worry could ...