Abstract: Varroa destructor is recognized as a destructive parasite of bee colonies all over the world.Varroa destructor parasitizes on the surface of bees, spreads virus and feeds on honey bee fat body tissue.It is one of the important factors causing “colony collapse disorder（CCD）”,especially threat to the survival of western honeybee（Apis mellifera） populations.In order to fully understand varroa mite and its harm to bees, the increase of varroa mite resistance to acaricides and the decrease of economic treatment threshold, so as to reduce the global bee colony loss, maintain the stability of ecosystem and improve the economic production capacity of bees.This paper mainly summarized several common and effective control methods of varroa mites in recent years, mainly from the aspects of biological characteristics and harm, chemical control and physical control, and then summarizes that there was no fixed control method suitable for each apiary.Therefore, beekeepers must first understand the situation of their apiaries, so as to choose effective treatment methods.