Illustrative image of sunflowers, undated. Planting sunflowers could be the key to fighting a harmful mite that threatens bees all around the world, research by scientists in the United States suggests. (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)
Picture shows the spokesman for the Federal Association of French Apiculture (UNAF), Henri Clement, undated. He manages 200 hives in the department of Lozere, southern France. (NewsX/Bee)