The experiences and expertise which Californian scientific-beekeeper Randy Oliver shared were the undoubted highlight of The Beekeepers...

Beekeepers need a good get together every winter, and they certainly need any help they can get controlling varroa mites, say organisers...

We look back on the early years of varroa in New Zealand with Jane Lorimer. The Waikato beekeeper was a fresh face on the NBA executive at..

Despite a bill of AUD$132 million and more than 30,000 hives euthanised, Australia’s 15-month fight to eradicate Varroa destructor from...

In the third and final article of his series, Sebastian Owen discusses the development of resistance in varroa mites and explains what...

Science writer Dave Black explores varroa sensitive hygiene, explaining what it is, how it is measured, and learning of research in our...

NZ Beeswax general manager Nick Taylor assesses the beekeeping landscape and provides some timely advice for controlling varroa...

How is genetic engineering assisting beekeeping science? How could it? This month science writer Dave Black tackles genetic modification...

Helping inform those on the ground at Australia's varroa incursion response HQ has been Kiwi varroa expert Michelle Taylor who recaps a...

Like many Kiwi apiarists, John Berry has battled varroa for over 20 years now. This is his history, in his words with the honeybee parastite

Lithium? CO2? John Mackay shares some intriguing varroa research in his monthly Under the Microscope column...

If you are feeling like varroa is getting a little bit tougher to manage every year, you are not alone, says NZ Beeswax's general manager...

“Jesse” James Corson, better known for the keeping of bees in Canterbury, continues to take us along on his epic motorbike trip...

John Mackay has heard many anecdotes around varroa this season, and a new group will form to try and help answer some key questions...

This time last year beehives were dying in much larger numbers than usual in several North Island regions. So, what's the situation now?...

John Mackay looks at the Colony Loss Survey results released recently and asks, should we be alarmed?...

We learn how one Hawke's Bay business is playing the numbers game to control varroa, by limiting brood boxes and hives per apiary...

We begin a new series of stories cataloguing beekeepers’ efforts to best manage varroa in their hives. First up, Gazzabees Honey...

If you’re procrastinating or tired from a busy season, you may need to act fast, warns Andrew Stratford in this month's Management Matters..

This month, we look at some new pieces of work on ways of potentially mitigating some of the effects of varroa...