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Home » deformed wing virus

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varroa mites

The mites are the same old mites

4 years ago
22 Comments
queen bees

A virgin queen bee with deformed wings

5 years ago
16 Comments
Many dead bees head-down in their cells.
postmortems & mysteries

Bees head-down in cells: did they starve?

5 years ago
34 Comments
By Xolani90 - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=26406168
varroa mites

It’s not about mites any more

6 years ago
90 Comments
Varroa mites can kill a colony, leaving nothing but honey
varroa mites

The reason mites kill bees leaving a hive full of honey

10 years ago
26 Comments
Two varroa mites feeding on a sick honey bee with deformed wing virus.
diseases • parasites • varroa mites

Varroa mites feeding on a sick honey bee

11 years ago
23 Comments
Bees and their queen on a honeycomb. Pixabay
honey bee management • varroa mites

HopGuard: first impressions

12 years ago
7 Comments
Bees and their queen on a honeycomb. Pixabay
diseases

Deformed wing virus

12 years ago
75 Comments

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