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Scientists may be able to halt global honey bee losses by forcing the deadly Varroa mite, lethal in the freezing weather, to self destruct.
The blood-sucking Varroa is the biggest killer of honey bees world-wide, having developed resistance to medication. It is particularly destructive in winter as depleted colonies do not have enough bees huddling together to keep warm. Now researchers from the Government's National Bee Unit and Aberdeen University have worked out how to 'silence' natural functions in the mites' genes to make them self destruct.See the full content of this document
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Breakthrough in Bid to Stall Bee Losses
Dr Alan Bo...
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