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Helping beekeepers fight mites through more effective treatments
- February 19, 2026 at 8:04 PM
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Researchers from the USDA's Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and the University of California, Davis, are helping beekeepers protect their colonies from destructive varroa mites. In a new study, the researchers investigate the effectiveness of combining a widely used mite-killing pesticide with an agent that inhibits the mites' ability to tolerate the pesticide.
Originally published at Phys.org