Parasite

2022 - 6 - 26

Post cover — Image courtesy of "The Guardian"

NSW issues bee lockdown after deadly varroa mite parasite ... (The Guardian)

Australia 'the only major honey-producing country free from varroa mite', the most serious pest to honey bees worldwide.

The 50km biosecurity zone in place around the Port of Newcastle means beekeepers within the area must notify the department of the locations of their hives. Varroa mite was detected at the Port of Newcastle on Friday by the state Department of Primary Industries, which is now investigating potentially contaminated hives outside an initial 50km biosecurity zone. A property near Trangie in central western NSW will be inspected and containment and control activities will be carried out on Monday after hives near the Port of Newcastle were recently sent there.

Bee varroa mite outbreak set to cost beekeepers millions of dollars ... (ABC News)

There are fears that measures in place to stop the spread of a destructive parasite could devastate the bee industry and threaten honey and agriculture ...

"Now there's going to be a huge, huge shortage of hives going down to the almonds. The detections have triggered a halt on all movement of bees across New South Wales, hives within a 10-kilometre radius of the Port will also be destroyed. - The government has also ordered all hives within a 10-kilometre radius of the port to be destroyed

Hundreds of NSW hives destroyed after arrival of deadly bee parasite (7NEWS.com.au)

An emergency biosecurity zone has been imposed to stop the movement of bees across NSW after the deadly parasite varroa mite was discovered.

“If varroa mite settles in the state, it will have severe consequences, so we’re taking every precaution and action needed to contain the parasite and protect the local honey industry and pollination,” Saunders said. “We’ve inspected all the hives at Trangie, and there have been no mites identified ... however the mites are the size of a pinhead amongst thousands of bees.” “To identify where the commercial beekeepers’ hives are, where they’ve been and what other hives they’ve been in contact with,” he said.

Bee alert after parasite discovery - InDaily (InDaily)

An emergency biosecurity zone has been imposed to stop the movement of bees across NSW and hives are being destroyed after the discovery of a parasite with ...

Please click below to help InDaily continue to uncover the facts. “To identify where the commercial beekeepers’ hives are, where they’ve been and what other hives they’ve been in contact with,” he said. An emergency biosecurity zone has been imposed to stop the movement of bees across NSW and hives are being destroyed after the discovery of a parasite with the potential to wreak havoc on Australia’s bee and honey industries.

Bee Lockdown Issued In NSW After Deadly Parasite Discovered (Triple M)

Every beekeeping area in the world has its honeybees infected by the parasite except Australia. Hives within a 10-kilometre radius of the port will be destroyed ...

Available on Listnr. Hives within a 10-kilometre radius of the port will be destroyed, while a surveillance zone with a 25-kilometre radius has been established. Bee movement across borders has been forfeited in NSW after a detection of a parasite at the Port of Newcastle.

Emergency orders in place across NSW to protect bee industry from ... (ABC News)

The movement of bees within New South Wales is halted following the discovery of a deadly parasite at the Port of Newcastle with the potential to decimate ...

"So from the point of infection we have different zones— a 10km eradication zone, a 25km surveillance zone and out to 50 kilometres is a buffer zone. It was also discovered in the hives of a nearby commercial beekeeper. The mite was first detected last Wednesday in two of the six hives used to monitor biosecurity at the port following a routine inspection. "It means no reliance on chemicals to keep them at bay and it means we are the cleanest and greenest producers of honey around the world." "We know that people value the ability from an Australian beekeeper point of view and from a New South Wales point of view to say we are varroa mite-free," Mr Saunders said. "The lockdown is a fairly strict one and it's a message to all beekeepers both hobby and professionally that we need them to be helping monitor the situation and making sure that we don't see varroa mite spread across the state," he said.