Interaction between varroa and environmental factors. Bijennieuws 28

The honeybee colony loss problem is multi-factorial, as often stated. Multiple factors may have some or even strong impact on honeybee colonies, and these negative impacts may contribute to colony losses. Some of the factors may come together (varroa and some viruses). As long as the relative contributions of the individual factors are not known it is wise to consider and take into account all possible causative factors. Meanwhile we should at least mitigate those factors that can be influenced or controlled