Booby-trapped balloons brought in to draw out Asian honey bees in Townsville [Australia]
August 12, 2016
From: ABC News
By Nancy Notzon
Photo: Biosecurity Queensland hopes the devices will help draw in the bees. (ABC News: Nancy Notzon)
The fight to eradicate the Asian honey bee threat in north Queensland is taking a more creative twist — using helium balloons booby trapped with pheromones to attract the unwanted pest.
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It comes two months after Asian honey bees carrying varroa mites were discovered in a hive at the city’s port.
Varroa mites are mainly found in the northern regions of Asia and they infest bee hives, feeding on larvae and ultimately killing them.
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