Protecting bees with Australian biosecurity program in the Pacific | Landline | ABC News In-depth

As beekeepers in the central west of New South Wales deal with the latest outbreak of the destructive varroa mite, Australia is helping boost biosecurity in Fiji to keep out a pest that could pose an even bigger threat to both countries. Subscribe: ab.co/3yqPOZ5 Read more here:
While Australia is focusing on eradicating varroa mite, Fiji is learning to live with the parasite which has spread across the country, killing colonies, after being discovered in 2018.
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Bees are good

[@williebeamish5879]

Yup. They disappeared from my pastures in the midwest US a few years ago. Our farm was surrounded by corn/bean fields thst are sprayed with herbicides and insecticides. Sad. Breakdown of our ecosystem for the sake of govt sibsidized, unsustainable exported crops/$$$$.

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@@williebeamish5879 my next door neighbours raise bees
Funny enough I have allergies to them
But yes they were in decline in South Australia where I am
So I hope they recover where you yourself are
Funny enough Fungi are apart of healthy ecosystems too

[@michaeljoncour4903]

australias bio security is pathetic,they have no idea how to do the job properly,in my lifetime they have let in european foulbrood , chalk brood, small hive beetle and now varroa mite, might as well sack the lot and save the money !!