A tiny parasite, colloquially known as a 'vampire mite,' is devastating honeybees. That worries experts because honeybee-pollinated crops are valued at more than $15 billion a year. By Susan SalisburyPalm Beach Post Staff Writer Monday, March 28, 2005 More than $15 billion in U.S. crops rides each year on the tiny legs of an insect. The honeybee is the major carrier of pollen for seeded fruits and just about anything that grows on a vine. Everything, in other words, from apples to zucchini. Damon Higgins/The PostenlargeMark McCoy walks among the hives with a smoker to keep bees calm, which allows...