Asian bees carrying varroa mostly destroyed
December 23, 2016
From: The Weekly Times
ALEX SAMPSON
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This comes after an incursion of varroa mite — the world’s worst honey bee pest — was discovered in an Asian honey bee hive in Townsville in July.
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The Department of Agriculture said 65 per cent of Australian agricultural crops relied on honey bee pollination and estimated it could cost crop industries about $70 million a year if the varroa mite became established in Australia.
Bee trap: Biosecurity officer Rob Stephens with one of the balloon traps hoped to catch Asian honey bees. Picture: Domanii Cameron
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