Australian states and territories are responding to the Varroa destructor threat after the mites infested New South Wales honey bee hives. The varroa mite causes colony collapse in heavily infested ...
After a year of “tireless” eradication efforts, Australia has officially given up on trying to keep out a threat that could cost us a fortune. The National Management Group (NMG) made the decision to ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Varroa mites on a male bee larva. Theotime Colin Australia’s honeybees are facing an exceptional crisis. The tiny but devastating ...
Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. The varroa destructor mite looks set to spread across Australia now that the eradication program has ...
Community gardens, hobbyists and commercial beekeepers are being urged to join a national survey to protect honey bees from a deadly mite. Project manager Michael Holmes on Monday urged all beekeepers ...
Australia's leading biosecurity experts have been unable to trace the source of the of the bee-killing varroa mite incursion ...
First detected in NSW in 2022, the varroa mite is expected to kill all honey bees in the wild. Scientists at the ANU Bee Lab are researching the survival mechanisms of wild honey bees. As part of ...