Bees Fight Back Against Colony Collapse Disorder: Some Honey Bees Toss Out Varroa Mites
Sunday, October 4, 2009 - 23:28
in Biology & Nature
Honey bees are now fighting back aggressively against Varroa mites, thanks to new efforts to develop bees with a genetic trait that allows them to more easily find the mites and toss them out of the broodnest.
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