The preparatory method of antisera on rabbit anti-mite was reported. It laid the foundation to study relationship between predatory mite and pest mite with ELISA test.

One key driving force behind bee destruction in Europe and North America has been a type of mite, the varroa destructor pest, which attacks bees and that beekeepers struggle to control, Neumann said.

Meanwhile, the bloodsucking Varroa mite (red dots above), also implicated in CCD, remains honeybees’ most devastating pest worldwide.