The number of Australian beekeepers has doubled in the past seven years, thanks largely to growth in the popularity of urban beekeeping.(Getty Images: Sean Gallup) As the global bee population ...

Varroa mites—notorious honey bee parasites—have recently reached Australian shores, detected at the Port of Newcastle in New South Wales last year. If they establish here, there would be significant ...

Australia's honeybees are facing an exceptional crisis. The tiny but devastating foreign pest Varroa destructor is steadily spreading across the country. The mite feeds on baby bees (larvae), ...

The federal government body in charge of pest control has announced Australia will abandon efforts on eradicating the Varroa mite. This parasitic mite (Varroa destructor) lives in honey bee colonies, ...

About 600 West Australian beehives are being loaded on trucks ready to head to South Australia to assist almond growers facing drought and a critical shortage of bees. The Bee Industry Council of ...

The deadly honey bee parasite, varroa mite, has been detected in South Australia for the first time. The state was the fifth jurisdiction to detect the pest after a discovery was made in the Riverland ...

The honeybee mite, Varroa destructor, finally breached Australia’s biosecurity defences four years ago, and is here to stay. Even more concerning, our standard treatments – such as specialised ...

Introduced bees could be harming native species and risk driving them to extinction, researchers say Scientists have recommended limits on urban beekeeping after a peer-reviewed study found introduced ...

The National Varroa Mite Management Program has delivered eight workshops in SA aimed at providing commercial and recreational beekeepers techniques to combat the mite. But the parasite, which has ...

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