Alesh Jenko and Teja Milharcic pose in undated photo. They run BEe in foREST, an apiary and centre for bee-related alternative treatment methods located in the southeastern village of Klenik, Slovenia. (BEe in foREST, NewsX/Bee)
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)