http://www.hawaii.edu/news/article.php?aId=3192

University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa researchers are soliciting the public’s help
in locating wild honeybee colonies on Oahu.

The UH Honeybee Varroa Project—directed by Dr. Mark Wright and Dr. Ethel
Villalobos of the Department of Plant and Environmental Protection Sciences
in the College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources—is conducting an
island-wide study on viruses in honeybees transmitted by the varroa
mite. Due to its impact, the number of wild honeybee colonies has decreased
dramatically, impacting pollination of many crops grown in Hawai‘i.

Historically, thanks to geographical isolation, bees in Hawai‘i have been
relatively free of pests and diseases that have spread throughout the
mainland. But in March 2007, the varroa mite (*Varroa destructor*) was
discovered on Oahu and later, in August 2008, was detected on the Big
Island.

The varroa mite feeds on the haemolymph (blood) of developing larvae and
adult bees. Parasitized larvae weaken or may die of the impacts of being
parasitized. Varroa infestation is often associat....


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