The Honey Bee Solution to Varroa by Steve Riley Queen Rearing knowledge of sustainable beekeeping with

knowledge of sustainable beekeeping with healthy bees and a good honey yield without any unnecessary effort

She was a contributor to and co-editor of ABC & XYZ of Bee Culture and was one of the first certified master beekeepers of the US Eastern Apicultural Society

The book argues for an interspecies alliance of small-scale farmers

and critical animal studies

The Honey Bee Solution to Varroa by Steve Riley Queen Rearing knowledge of sustainable beekeeping with"This remarkable book presents a practical, chemical treatment free, solution to the Varroa problem. The author explains that in colonies that are surviving without treatments, the workers are controlling Varroa not by killing the adult mites, but by detecting and chewing out mite infested brood cells to interrupt the mites' reproduction. This book is a first rate guide on how to identify mite resistant colonies using simple tools: open mesh screens