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varroa

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var·ro·a  (vär-)
n.
A reddish-brown, oval mite (Varroa jacobsoni) that is a parasite of honeybees.
[New Latin Varroa, genus name, after Marcus Terentius Varro.]
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John Howat, bee farmer and secretary of the Bee Farmers'' Association of the UK, said: "The fact is that the parasitic mite varroa is a major pest killing honey bee colonies, and our controls for it are failing.
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Diseases such as the varroa mite have infected hives while climate change and pesticide use have also been suggested as possible factors.
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Diseases such as the varroa mite have infected hives, killing the bees, while climate change and pesticide use have also been suggested as possible factors in the insects' decline.
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