Honey bee parasite threatens horticulture industry

By Pat Hannan, Ceo
Updated July 26 2016 - 2:01pm, first published July 25 2016 - 1:32pm

For more than 10 years now the national government and its agencies have worked to raise awareness about the threat of Varroa mite. At many forums horticulture has been warned of the ramifications about when (not if) Varroa mite establishes in Australia. We now have the first evidence from Biosecurity Queensland that this devastating pest is here.

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