Pests and diseases specific to honeybee colonies, including the Varroa mite and bacterial brood diseases such as American foulbrood. Belongs here: any pest or pathogen whose subject is honeybee health, conventionally treated as its own domain in beekeeping and apicultural science rather than folded into general crop-pest or livestock-disease classes. Does not belong here: an ordinary crop insect pest or a livestock disease unrelated to bees, each grouped under its own heading above.
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1. Wikipedia: Varroa destructor
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Varroa destructor, the Varroa mite, is an external parasitic mite that attacks and feeds on honey bees and is one of the most damaging honey bee pests in the world.
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