Beekeeper says eradication 'impossible' as varroa mite spreads through coastal region (www.abc.net.au)

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The number of varroa mite detections in the Kempsey area of the NSW Mid North Coast has grown to 13 in just over a week.

"I know they're working hard on it, but the traceability is going to be where else has it spread to, is the whole greater Kempsey lit up, we don't know, and they're surveiling it."

Mr Fuller said beekeepers wanted to know what would come next.

There have been no detections yet of varroa mite in hives on almond pollination.

The DPI said it was conducting surveillance on a number of sites hosting hives from the Kempsey region.

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[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

biological warfare is real: weaponizing traded shipements to hurt a neighboring economy is more common than we like to think

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Lucky we have native bees then.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

somehow native strains made it till this day for a reason: it shouldn't be their first rodeo! Darwin could rest assured

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