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Beekeeping: Eastern mite detected in Georgia
Italian institute Crea study on a possible new threat published in an international journal
The new threat to bees, whose health is already being put to the test by globalization, the effects of climate change and the abuse of pesticides, could come from Asia. It is the mite Tropilaelaps mercedesae, an ectoparasite (that is, it lives on the external surface of the host) native to giant Asian honey bees (Apis dorsata, A. breviligula and A. laboriosa), but which is also causing negative effects...
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EFA News - European Food Agency
EFA News - European Food Agency