Queensland's borders closed to travelling beekeepers when the world's worst bee parasite, Varroa destructor mite, was detected ... in the 2024-25 season and NSW beekeepers had suffered a "double ...

The varroa destructor, a parasitic mite that attaches itself to a bee and feeds on them, has spread further inland across New South Wales (NSW) and landed on the doorstep of Victoria, the nation ...

Australia's honeybees are facing an exceptional crisis. The tiny but devastating foreign pest Varroa destructor is steadily spreading across the country.

Varroa was first detected in Australia at the NSW Port of Newcastle in June 2022. The mite is now widely established in NSW and in Queensland between Toowoomba and Brisbane. It was detected in ...