'Most serious pest for honey bees' varroa mite detected in surveillance hives at Port of Newcastle

, commonly called varroa mite, spreads viruses that cripple bees' ability to fly, gather food, or emerge from their cell to be born.Hived bees in the US dropped by about 30 per cent and native bee populations in NZ by 90 per cent when varroa mite arrived there.

NSW Agricultural Minister Dugald Saunders said an emergency biosecurity zone was now in place around the Newcastle port and the contaminated hives have been contained."It is a really concerning situation. We're now calling on beekeepers right across the state to help safeguard their industry," Mr Saunders said.Mr Saunders said a varroa mite outbreak could cost the agricultural industry $70 million a year in losses.

One in three mouthfuls of food benefit from honey bee pollination, with some crops like almonds, blueberries, avocados, and apples completely dependent on pollination.It has been reported that hived bees in the US dropped by about 30 per cent when it was found there, and native bee populations dropped by 90 per cent when it arrived in New Zealand.

Australia has a National Bee Pest Surveillance Program which includes an early warning system to detect new incursions of exotic bee pests.

My friend is going to have his bees poisoned and then burned. May ALLAH guide us through this awful business.

This is a disaster.

Not good, this…

Oh no...seriously, not good.

OH OH . That will need the Army to roll out ( kidding ) but severity is alarming

well give this guy some air time instead of Australia hate!

This is a kind of bee parasite, and it is a beekeeper's nightmare.

That's bad news

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