Great to see our meta-analysis assessing treatments for the Varroa mite #pathogen of honey bees out!
This #invasive #parasite has huge impacts on crop production from lost #pollination
Broadly, synthetic chemicals were effective at killing the pathogen, but had negative impacts on the bees
Biological treatments showed great promise for bee health, but were understudied
Organic chemical treatments seem on balance the best current option
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969724083864