Picture shows the Varroa destructor (Varroa mite) an external parasitic mite that attacks and feeds on honey bees, undated. (USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab, NewsX/Bee)
Picture shows Andrea Grill, undated. She has warned that the insects would suffer from the restrictive approach to cutting back meadows as exhibited by residents and city councils' gardening departments. (NewsX/Bee)
Author Of Biodiversity Book For Kids Concerned About Butterflies
Dr Dominique Zimmermann poses in undated photo. She was part of a group of researchers who investigated the fauna at the Sandberge Oberweiden conservation area in Lower Austria's Marchfeld region. (Minitta Kandlbauer, NewsX/Bee)
Natural Reserve Near Vienna Suffers Dramatic Bee Biodiversity Decline
Illustrative image shows a female beekeeper, undated. (NewsX/Bee)
Women ‘Have Great Sense For Beekeeping’
Picture shows from left: Head of the Upper Austrian Bee Center Elisabeth Lanzer, Regional Councilor for Agriculture Michaela Langer-Weninger and Vice President of the Regional Council of Upper Austria Karl Grabmayr, undated. Biodiversity experts in Austria have created a platform which connects farmers who need pollinators for their crops with beekeepers interested in new locations for their hives. (State of Upper Austria, Daniela Sternberger, NewsX/Bee)