It was the summer of 2014-15, when Simon Fearn, of the Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery in Launceston, Tasmania, discovered the location of a potentially record-breaking second-year European wasp nest in the central north of the state.
Our aim in providing ongoing information and commentary with respect to the varroa incursion in Newcastle is to create greater awareness of the nature and magnitude of this threat.
I’ve been rather vocal recently about the current varroa incursion first detected in
Newcastle on 22 June. As a result, this has stimulated considerable conversation and discussion. This inevitably creates greater awareness, which was part of the overall intention.
Up to 300,000 hives are trucked from all over southeast Australia to the almond orchards along the Murray – the largest annual movement of livestock in the country.
The NSW Department of Primary Industries held a briefing for beekeepers
in Newcastle to provide an update on the current emergency response for varroa mite.
The European wasp is a highly efficient, opportunistic and indiscriminate predator and scavenger!
Since its introduction in 1974, glyphosate, marketed as Roundup, has become the world’smost popular herbicide; more than 8.5 million tonnes have been used around the…
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Beeginnings Part 1: The Start of an Enduring Relationship. The very first bee? Let’s go back a little further. It’s the long way home, but…