Mite Mortality and Bee Survival (IMAGE)

University of Texas at Austin

Mite Mortality and Bee Survival

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Compared with control bees, the bees treated with the strain of bacteria targeting the deformed wing virus were 36.5% more likely to survive to day 10. Meanwhile, Varroa mites feeding on another set of bees treated with the mite-targeting strain of bacteria were about 70% more likely to die by day 10 than mites feeding on control bees.

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