Bee Mites Research Paper

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Are you killing the honey bees? Honey bees are dying at an alarming rate, 44% of bees died off last year due to pesticides or bee mites. In just 6 years over ten million beehives were destroyed When people and farmers spray their plants and flowers in pesticides, bees try to pollinate but either come back ill and die or die right away. Of course you want to keep away bugs from your plants, but spraying too much is killing off the bee population and could even damage your plants making it even harder for bees to pollinate and get the resources they need from the plants. What are bee mites? Varroa Destructor, also known as Bee Mites are insects that infest hives and feed off bee’s fat eventually killing it and destroying the colony. They infect

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