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.
dont those from within foreign imported cargo containers ? alot of parasite cases can be imported
Last interview I heard on radio, a person said there could be any number of vectors. Dozens and dozens of them.
biological warfare is real: weaponizing traded shipements to hurt a neighboring economy is more common than we like to think
Lucky we have native bees then.
somehow native strains made it till this day for a reason: it shouldn’t be their first rodeo! Darwin could rest assured
This is really unfortunate for beekeepers, though not insurmountable. But on the flip side, all feral colonies will die out. Could that leave more room for native pollinators?
That’s the silver lining. Also some birds, invertebrates, and other animals might gain access to hollows too.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
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.
About 100 commercial and recreational beekeepers attended a NSW Department of Primary Industries briefing in Kempsey on Tuesday night.
"We’d love to see eradication, but the biggest problem is we don’t know what tomorrow holds, the goal posts keep on moving all the time.
The region’s avocado industry could also face challenges with the Kempsey cluster creeping closer to Stuarts Point where pollination was due to start next month.
The DPI said it was conducting surveillance on a number of sites hosting hives from the Kempsey region.
Mr Fuller said while it was a good sign no mites had been found yet, greater surveillance was needed.
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