Parasitic Mites Invade Hives By Copying Bees' 'Chemical Stink'
Tech Times,
Parasitic mites trick their way into beehives by smelling exactly like a bee, researchers find. The result is an 'arms race…
Mites fool honeybees with chemical ‘cologne’
Futurity,
Varroa mites, the most-serious threat to honeybees worldwide, are infiltrating hives by smelling like bees. A new study in…
Bees are being duped by mites that smell like other bees
Quartz,
What’s killing the bees? One likely answer: A honeybee parasite called the varroa mite, which can hide in plain sight amid bee…