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news.wsu.edu/news/2025/03/25/h

Colony losses could reach 70% in 2025

Priya Chakrabarti Basu, asst prof of #pollinator health & #apiculture, WSU, suspects a combination of stressors including nutrition…mite infestations, viral diseases, and pesticide exposure during the previous pollinating season…

…varroa destructor mites feed on pupae in the hive…reducing the numbers of future generations…also transmit viral diseases and feed on adult honey bees…increasing their susceptibility to diseases.