Varroa in Australia Updates
Beekeepers battling varroa mite count the cost of failed eradication and call for industry exit strategy Landline / By Bronwyn Herbert Search warrants have been issued…
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Propolis in Australia
Beekeepers look to untapped potential of propolis, or ‘bee glue’, as alternative revenue stream by Courtney Wilson A by-product of honey production largely discarded in…
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Varroa Advances in Australia
Varroa mite detected in central west Australia NSW but honey producers remain confident ABC Central West / By Hugh Hogan, Hamish Cole, Alex James, and Kim Honan An invasive…
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Australia’s Breeding Objectives
Australia 2022 Plan Bee Survey results: breeding objectives 2023 By Nadine Chapman And Elizabeth Frost Plan Bee, Australia’s national honey bee genetic improvement program conducts an…
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Varroa Eradication in Australia
Reminder To Red Zone Beekeepers In Australia by News Of The Area – Modern Media THE New South Wales (Australia) Department of Primary Industries (NSW…
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Wild Honey Bee Eradication in Australia
Varroa mite response shifts to Eradication of wild European honey bee management in Australia Efforts to keep NSW Varroa mite free continue to move…
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Feral Honey Bees to be Poisoned in NSW Varroa Mite Hotspots
ABC Rural / By Kim Honan Authorities will begin baiting feral bees in a single red eradication zone next week, more than three months after varroa mite was…
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Australia 6 Months Without Honey Bees
Australia…Coffs Harbour berry growers facing six months without bee pollination services amid plan to eradicate hives ABC Mid North Coast / By Alexandra Jones and Keely Johnson Berry…
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Australian Almond Crop in Jeopardy… Varroa
Australian $500m almond crop facing D-Day without Varroa mite bee travel pass By Jamieson Murphy $500m almond crop facing D-Day without Varroa mite bee…
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Australia is Exterminating Tens of Millions of Bees
Australia is exterminating tens of millions of bees to save its honey industry Ryan Hogg Australian authorities have been exterminating millions of bees to…
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Varroa in Australia Will Cost Beekeepers Millions
Bee varroa mite outbreak set to cost beekeepers millions of dollars as government works to control spread ABC Rural / By Keely Johnson, Madeline Lewis, and Kelly Fuller…
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Varroa Found in Australia
NSW issues bee lockdown after deadly varroa mite parasite discovered Australia ‘the only major honey-producing country free from varroa mite’, the most serious pest…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – Australian Honey Abuzz With High-Value Antibacterial Activity, and, Cypriot Honey Best in the World.
By: University of Technology – Sydney Australia has at least seven Leptospermum species that produce honey with exceptionally high levels of antibacterial activity, providing…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – Native Flies Could Replace Bees as Pollinators.
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development researcher David Cook, Agriculture and food minister Alannah MacTiernan and Hort Innovation Research and Development general manager…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – There’s Industry Money To Be Had For Honey Bee Health Research. Check This Out!
Project Apis m. and the National Honey Board Announce a Request for Research Proposals to Support and Enhance Honey Bee Health. Salt Lake City,…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – Australia Has a Local Honey Adulteration Problem.
By: Alan Harman Australian honey testing and the scandal over the purity of honey continues with the release of a new study that implicates…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – Hundreds of Colonies Killed in Australia, Killed By Fipronil, an Insecticide Commonly Used to Kill Termites.
A beekeeper in Australia’s remote Northern Territory says about one million of his bees have been deliberately killed with an insecticide. The Australian Broadcasting…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – Australia Has a Near Miss on Varroa Entering the Country. Surveillance of Varroa Ends After no Mites Were Found.
NO FURTHER detections of varroa mite have been made six weeks after the bee parasite was discovered in a container onboard a ship that…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – Australia Honey has Unique Pollen Signature.
Australian honey, produced from domesticated European honey bees mostly foraging in native vegetation, is unique. Under the microscope, most Australian honey samples can be…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – Australia has a Long History of Producing Manuka Honey Dating Back to the 1930s from Plants Originating in Tasmania.
Alan Harman The Australian government gives a A$165,000 (US$129,562) grant to the Australian Manuka Honey Association to support activities to address issues in international…
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