When humans switched from hunting honeybee colonies living scattered in the wild to keeping them in hives crowded in apiaries, they may have greatly increased disease transmission between colonies.

In 1996 Varroa was diagnosed in Cuba, it hit very strong beekeeping. First impact area all wild bees disappear for not less than two years.

Today over 16,000 species have been described worldwide, and undoubtedly they constitute a major part of the food chain, as well as the ecosystem's sensitive equilibrium.

Selective breeding for the naturally occurring social immune trait “hygienic behavior” has emerged as one sustainable approach to reducing the mites’ impact on honey bees.

A new active substance, cyantraniliprole is currently following the procedure of authorization at EU level, United Kingdom being the Rapporteur Member State and France, the co-rapporteur, in accordance with Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1107/2009.

The proportion of damaged mites in natural mite fall is considered a useful criterion in the breeding of Varroa-tolerant bees. This study, observing about 16 000 mites, tested several modifications of recording this trait.

The proportion of damaged Varroa mites within the debris of honey bee colonies is discussed as a possible tolerance factor of the host.

This document was signed by key scientists in the fields of molecular biology, genetics, pollinator ecology, agroecology and key policy experts in pollinator protection, conservation, beekeeping and environmental protection

Established invasive species can pose a continuous threat to biodiversity and food security, thereby calling for sustainable mitigation.

Honeybee workers are able to detect dead or infected brood in comb cells and remove it outside the nest before the infection spreads onto the colony.