Pests -- United States
A plague of parasitic mites is exterminating New York bee colonies, threatening USD 500 million in losses from the state's annual agricultural production that relies on bee pollination and honey production.
Commercially operated bee colonies in upstate New York have sustained up to 70 percent population loss over the past several years due to pesticides, loss of habitat and disease, according to state officials.
But the _Varroa_ mite has recently emerged as one of the leading causes of
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