{"id":262,"date":"2026-05-13T11:23:56","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T11:23:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/biodiversity-research-group\/?p=262"},"modified":"2026-05-13T11:27:04","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T11:27:04","slug":"newly-published-findings-from-17-years-of-studying-honeybees-in-hawaii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/biodiversity-research-group\/news\/newly-published-findings-from-17-years-of-studying-honeybees-in-hawaii\/","title":{"rendered":"Newly published findings from 17 years of studying honeybees in Hawaii"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"765\" src=\"https:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/biodiversity-research-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/250\/2026\/05\/Hawaii_beekeeping1-1024x765.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-265\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/biodiversity-research-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/250\/2026\/05\/Hawaii_beekeeping1-1024x765.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/biodiversity-research-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/250\/2026\/05\/Hawaii_beekeeping1-640x478.jpg 640w, https:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/biodiversity-research-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/250\/2026\/05\/Hawaii_beekeeping1-360x269.jpg 360w, https:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/biodiversity-research-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/250\/2026\/05\/Hawaii_beekeeping1-768x574.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/biodiversity-research-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/250\/2026\/05\/Hawaii_beekeeping1.jpg 1521w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p><a href=\"#laura-brettell\">Laura Brettell<\/a> and Stephen Martin along with long time collaborators in at the Universities of Hawaii and Minnesota have published a new paper summarising what they\u2019ve learnt from 17 years\u2019 research on Hawaiian honeybees. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over that time, they saw the parasitic Varroa mite arrive in Hawaii, and cause massive numbers of honey bee colonies to die, but over time things have improved for bees and beekeepers. Now Varroa (and the viruses it spreads) are kept under control, either through chemical treatments, or, in the case of one island, through varroa resistant bees who keep the mite under control themselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read the paper <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S1471492226000991\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"791\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"264\" src=\"https:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/biodiversity-research-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/250\/2026\/05\/1220941cover1-791x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-264\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/biodiversity-research-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/250\/2026\/05\/1220941cover1-791x1024.jpg 791w, https:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/biodiversity-research-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/250\/2026\/05\/1220941cover1-495x640.jpg 495w, https:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/biodiversity-research-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/250\/2026\/05\/1220941cover1-278x360.jpg 278w, https:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/biodiversity-research-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/250\/2026\/05\/1220941cover1-768x994.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/biodiversity-research-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/250\/2026\/05\/1220941cover1-1187x1536.jpg 1187w, https:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/biodiversity-research-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/250\/2026\/05\/1220941cover1-1582x2048.jpg 1582w, https:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/biodiversity-research-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/250\/2026\/05\/1220941cover1-scaled.jpg 1978w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 791px) 100vw, 791px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S1471492226000991\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Laura Brettell and Stephen Martin along with long time collaborators in at the Universities of Hawaii and Minnesota have published a new paper summarising what they\u2019ve learnt from 17 years\u2019 research on Hawaiian honeybees. 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