Chair Report – March 2025
27 March 2025Chair Report March 2025 The AHBIC team recently met in Canberra for two days of workshops and meetings, unfortunately two of our executives were hunkered down due to Ex Tropical… Read More
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Australia’s National Bee Pest Blitz Campaign! is BACK!
3 April 2023Bee Pest Blitz Bee Pest Blitz is a national initiative throughout April annually, it is a campaign to increase awareness of the importance of bee biosecurity and encourage beekeepers to… Read More
Biosecurity Protection Levy (BPL) has been scrapped.
25 February 2025The 38 industry members of Australia’s $39 billion plant industries represented by the Plant Industry Forum welcome news that the fundamentally flawed Biosecurity Protection Levy (BPL) has finally been… Read More
Churchill Fellowships applications 2025
14 February 2025People in the agriculture, horticulture and food production sectors are invited to consider applying for prestigious Churchill Fellowships. Applications open 28 February 2025. These are a unique chance to travel… Read More
AHBIC Industry Information – DWV
14 February 2025Deformed wing virus has been found in Australia. Should we be worried? Deformed wing virus (DWV) is a common virus found in honey bee populations across the globe. Despite extensive… Read More
Virus update for Australian beekeepers – Southern Cross University
28 January 2025https://www.scu.edu.au/research/bee-research-and-extension-lab/ Authored by Dr Cooper Schouten and Dr Emily Remnant, Peer reviewed by Dr Rob Manning and Jon Lockwood, December 2024 Introduction Since the incursion of Varroa destructor in June… Read More
Plan Bee Breeding Manual Second Edition Now Published
28 January 2025The potential for modern animal breeding to transform Australia’s honey bee industry was the impetus for the national honey bee genetic improvement program, known as Plan Bee, a collaborative… Read More
Industry Advice Notice – Export Notification for Non-prescribed goods – DAFF
27 March 202507 March 2025 – Industry Advice Notice (IAN 2025-07) from the Federal Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry. IAN 2021-07 dated 25 March 2021 is being updated. The following information… Read More
Chair Report – December 2024
17 December 2024Chair Report December 2024 The AHBIC team has provided continuous work for our wonderful industry over the last year and we will be taking a short break as we head… Read More
AHBIC Important Industry Update – Deformed Wing Virus northern WA
5 February 2025Deformed Wing Virus (DWV) & Apis florea – Dampier WA Deformed wing virus (DWV) has been confirmed on a sample of Red Dwarf Honey Bee(RDHB) (Apis florea). The sample was… Read More