Bee parasite creeping past outbreak

Lochlainn Heley

AGRICULTURE charity Rural Aid is urging beekeepers and primary producers to seek help in light of the latest confirmed outbreak of Varroa mite. The parasitic pest was most recently found in Gippsland Victoria hives and is one of several confirmed Varroa mite hotspots identified in the past sixteen weeks by Agriculture Victoria. The mites present […]

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