URI_Research _Magazine_Momentum_Spring_2020_Melissa-McCarthy

A TINY MITE CAUSING A BIG PROBLEM:

Bees Eliminating a Parasite Harming

written by BETHANY DELOOF ’21

Imagine having a rabbit attached to you. That is what it is like for honeybees attacked by a parasite known as the varroa mite.

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