Insecticide increases effect of varroa mite

Thursday, February 4, 2016 - 09:10 in Health & Medicine

Honeybees infected with the Varroa destructor mite have less stamina than those which have been effectively treated against the parasite. Additional exposure to the insecticide Imidacloprid further increases the harmful effect of the varroa mite. This was the conclusion of Wageningen UR scientists Lisa Blanken, Frank van Langevelde and Coby van Dooremalen as published in an article in the British Royal Society's magazine Proceedings B.

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