| 1355032 |
honey bee varroa mite |
Varroa destructor |
Scientists in the ARS Beneficial Insects Research Unit at Weslaco, Texas, have found that a strain of the fungus, Metarhizium anisopliae, is deadly to Varroa mites, such as this one on an adult worker bee's thorax. |
| 1355029 |
honey bee varroa mite |
Varroa destructor |
A young worker bee emerges from a brood cell with a mite on its back. |
| 1355030 |
honey bee varroa mite |
Varroa destructor |
Artificial insemination of a queen. Semen is about to be injected into the oviducts of a queen bee. Thereafter the sperm cells migrate to the sperm storage pouch of the queen. A queen gradually releases sperm from this pouch to fertilize the eggs she lays during her lifetime. |
| 1355031 |
honey bee varroa mite |
Varroa destructor |
Collecting semen from a drone honey bee that will be used to artificially inseminate a queen bee. |
