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→''Varroa''
**Keeping feed storage areas clean and dry
**Keeping feed storage areas clean and dry
===''Varroa''===
===''Varroa destructor''===
*More commonly known as the 'honeybee mite'
*Notifiable disease in the UK
*Oval
*1-1.5mm in length
*Eggs are laid in the hive and develop with the brood cells
'''Pathogenesis'''
*Blood-sucking
*Weakens adult bees
*Damages growing larval bees resulting in deformities
'''Control'''
*Acaricidal strips hung between combs
*Destoy colonies in apiary (if isolated outbreak)
*Monitor mite numbers and treat if widespread
==Links==
==Links==
[[Clinical Case 2]]
[[Clinical Case 2]]