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 ...

Beekeepers have another tool at their disposal to fight Varroa mite with the roll-out of a new online training program. Launched and developed by the National Varroa Mite Management Program (NVMMP), ...

Slater, however, believes a long-time enemy of the honeybee is likely to blame: the varroa mite, a parasite that feeds on bees and transmits viruses. He said the mites have appeared more resistant to ...

While the business has had to manage the ongoing challenges around the increased costs for labour, fuel and transport, and controlling varroa mites, Julie said that overall, the mental health of ...

Sask. agriculture specialist Geoff Wilson says the honeybee parasite Varroa mite is causing problems for honey producers. (CBC News) New queen bees are developed by hives every year, but in ...

Growers believe Varroa mites may be one of the main factors for losses. Daren Hess of Kingsburg Honey says, "It's in every beehive in the country, and the major problem with these parasitic mites ...

Scientists haven't been able to identify a single cause. They say pesticides and a parasite known as Varroa mites could play a role. That disorder peaked around 20 years ago, but annual deaths of ...

“UBeeO has been known to identify colonies that are able to better resist Varroa mites, but it had not been used to look at other pests or pathogens,” said Alger. “We found this new assay could be ...

Varroa mite disease, believed to be one of the greatest threats to honey and honeybee pollination in Australia, has been detected in a beekeeper's hive in the Kowen district of the ACT.

NSW Health and the Australian Salaried Medical Officers’ Federation (ASMOF NSW) were called before the Industrial Relations Commission on Tuesday in an attempt to broker a deal after the doctors ...