RNAi – functions specifically to silence, or deactivate, genes. Among other applications, it promises to be groundbreaking as ...

Retired Central Elgin fire chief Don Crocker is busy these days, preparing accommodations for a Spanish queen’s visit to ...

A recent survey says commercial beekeepers in Texas have lost about two thirds of their honey bees since June last year.

But with the soaring cost of eggs a staple ingredient in nearly half their products it's becoming increasingly difficult for Ferrara Bakery to avoid raising their prices. "We can't keep passing on ...

parasites like the Varroa mite, pathogens, pesticides, poor nutrition among the bees and weak queen bees, who are responsible for keeping bee colonies unified and laying eggs. The cause of recent ...

Followed categories will be added to My News. Biosecurity Queensland said preliminary identification of varroa mite (Varroa destructor) was confirmed at the recreational apiary. It came only a ...

Varroa destructor mite has been found in southern Queensland ... which feeds on adult bees, their larvae, and pupae, weakening and killing them. It means the infected hives will be treated ...

Beekeepers, government, and peak bodies are on high alert after Biosecurity Queenlands announced the destructive varroa mite had been discovered for the first time in a region known as the state's ...

Paleontologists have found three lacewing larvae with large forward-directed stemmata (eyes in holometabolans) in 100-million-year-old Kachin amber from Myanmar. These specimens demonstrate the ...

Introduction: The epidemiology of filarial infections is a neglected area of bat research, with little information on filarial species diversity, life cycles, host ranges, infection prevalence and ...