Spider mites are small pests that cause brown specks on plants. To get rid of them, isolate the infected plant and treat with ...

Richard Collins has urged local beekeepers to check their hives for parasitic varroa mites after finding one in their hives.

The Department of Primary Industries and Regions (PIRSA) says varroa mite could still be in South Australia, despite the removal of all known affected beehives from the state. The hives connected to ...

All bee hives connected to South Australia's first varroa mite detection have been removed from the state to protect SA's apiary industry. The varroa mite detection in a managed hive at Pooginook, in ...

With potentially devastating bee parasites now in South Australia, beekeepers say a move made just weeks before the pest was detected has left them dangerously unprepared. The National Varroa Mite ...

The National Varroa Mite Management Program has delivered eight workshops in SA aimed at providing commercial and recreational beekeepers techniques to combat the mite. But the parasite, which has ...

The "world's worst" honey bee parasite, varroa mite, has been detected in South Australia for the first time. The discovery was made in the state's Riverland during routine surveillance, with farmers ...