TWIN FALLS — Bees are not only amazing insects. They are vital to Kirk Tubbs’ business. “I really enjoy the bees, and we need them,” said Tubbs, owner of Tubbs Berry Farm in Twin Falls, who keeps ...

Every year, up to half the honeybee colonies in the U.S. die. Varroa mites, the bees’ ghastly parasites, are one of the main culprits. After hitching a ride into a hive, a mite mom hides in a ...

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LONDON, June 7 (Reuters) - Parasitic mites have turbo-charged the spread of a virus responsible for a rise in honey bee deaths around the world, scientists said on Thursday. Sign up here. Bee ...