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Bee Biosecurity Officers across Australia play a highly regarded and critically important role to honey bee industry. AHBIC believes their outreach through education and guidance to beekeepers will continue to… Read More
The crazy conference season has now drawn to a close with the last of the member body conferences being in WA. There has been learnings and enlightening discussions from across… Read More
International Meeting of Young Beekeepers Earlier this year AHBIC pledged support to a bright and dedicated team of Tasmanian Junior Beekeepers to compete in the International Meeting of Young Beekeepers.… Read More
The Varroa response has reached the grim milestone of 365 days. During the past 12 months I often reflect with appreciation, the magnitude of work that has been done by… Read More
Varroa Response CCEPP Update The Consultative Committee for Emergency Plant Pest (CCEPP) met on Friday 14th July to discuss the most recent detection near Gumble as this detection triggers the… Read More
Varroa Response Update The current infected premises are sitting at 190. Important information is being collated for the CCEPP to assess technical feasibility for the response as new infected premises… Read More
Varroa Response Update The current infected premises are sitting at 183. In the last week there have been additional IP’s that have resulted in extensions of the RED and PURPLE… Read More
Federal Labour Government set to impose 10% increase to honey levy in 2024 In a surprise announcement, the Federal Labour government has announced BIOSECURITY will be boosted by $1.5 million… Read More
Dave Schlipalius, Bee Biosecurity Officer, Biosecurity Queensland, Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries. No one knows bees better than beekeepers. This makes beekeepers the perfect eyes and ears for detecting… Read More
There is much debate, misinformation and emotion regarding the euthanasia of seemingly healthy bee colonies in varroa eradication (red) zones. My views are based on many long hours and very… Read More
