Fecha de publicación: 31/01/1985 Fuente: WIPO "apis" To combat Varroa mites, a plastic honeycomb is proposed, in which parts of the plastic surface have, independently of the formation of the thin films in the plastic cells, a free surface on which the electrostatic charging of the plastic material can be generated or recharged. Preferably, the movement of the bees themselves is used to generate sufficient friction in order to maintain the electrostatic charge continuously and without external intervention. By virtue of this electrostatic charge, the breeding of the Varroa mite is influenced and destroyed. In the case of a preferred embodiment of the invention, the plastic honeycomb is designed in such a way that, in production, individual cells have plugs of which the height is greater than the full cell wall height, so that sufficient free surface is available for the frictional contact between bees and plastic honeycomb in order for the electrostatic charge to be maintained by the bees. This produces a method for the effective combating of the Varroa mite.