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)
Markus Bollwein (left) and Lorenz Hinterplattner (right) pose in an undated photo. An Austrian start-up has revealed expansion plans following the overwhelming success of its invention in the fight against a bacterial disease that endangers bees all over the world. (Hive Analytics, NewsX/Bee)