What is Varroa?
- A parasitic mite which attaches itself to bees.
- A honey bee mite
- Varroa destructor (formerly Varroa jacobsoni), a parasitic mite of adult and pupal stages of honey bees.
What is Supercedure, supersedure/supersede ? The natural occurrence of a colony replacing an old or ailing queen with a new queen. (A cell containing a queen larva destined to replace the old queen is called a supercedure cell.) The natural process of a colony of bees replacing its queen with a new one. The natural replacement of an established queen by a newly reared queen in the same hive. Replacement by the bees of an old queen or failing queen with a new young queen raised by the bees of the same colony.
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