AHBIC Varroa update webinar
1 September 2022AHBIC webinar On Wednesday the 31st August, AHBIC hosted an online webinar to update industry on the progress of the Varroa response in NSW. This update included guest speakers from… Read More
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Varroa update – 50 days of eradication milestone
16 August 2022Last week the response reached the milestone of 50 days of eradicating Varroa Destructor. Across the response there has been over 1,350 staff from many agencies including the Department of… Read More
Disease Survey on Norfolk Island
24 August 2022You may be aware that Australia carries out surveys of honey bees on Norfolk Island to determine the disease status of the honey bees there. During a recent survey a… Read More
Incursion update
1 August 2022Reporting of this incursion has been focused on mite detections and the red dots on maps. The work that has been conducted by the 30 odd field teams of beekeeper… Read More
Beekeepers allowed to work hives in NSW
9 July 2022Amendments have been made to the ‘do not move’ order that is in place for all beekeepers in NSW under the general emergency zone (blue zone). Read More
Who makes the decision in an incursion?
26 July 2022Incursion responses raise complex issues and actions that have many moving parts. The Varroa incursion response has required informed and timely sensible decision-making structures, procedures and processes, which need to… Read More
New Infested Premises Identified Near Narrabri
5 July 2022Tracing efforts have been increasing with resources being dedicated to understanding hive movements of bees, queens and packages/nucleus hives out of the Newcastle area. Read More
New Infested Premises Identified Near Calga
4 July 2022On Wednesday the 22nd June an initial detection of Varroa mite was found in sentinel hives at the port of Newcastle (infected premises (IP) 1, 2 and 3). A second… Read More
New infected premises identified south of Newcastle
30 June 2022On Wednesday the 22nd June an initial detection of Varroa mite was found in sentinel hives at the port of Newcastle (IP1,2 and 3). A second confirmed detection in a… Read More
DPI emergency zone update
29 June 2022As you may have already seen, the DPI emergency zone map has been updated. Read More