BY RIVER KERO It might be a tiny parasite, but the Varroa destructor mite is an enormous problem for bees and their keepers — and now in more ways than one. Varroa mites have long been a major cause for honeybee colony collapse. But one recent study shows they are now transmit a crippling pathogen: … Continue reading Honey Bees in B.C. struggle to survive in the drought