Research Spotlight: Nimble mites wreak havoc on honeybees

NB&B graduate student, David Peck, is studying how the Varroa mites associated with massive honeybee colony deaths, can nimbly jump from flowers onto bees.

Peck says:

If a mite could jump from a flower onto a bee that tried to visit one of these flowers at an open-air flower market, the result could be disastrous.

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