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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CEO Update March 2025
26 March 2025CEO Report March 2025 The big dry continues across southern parts of Australia affecting honey production across SA and Vic. What looked like promising honey flows in Victoria have now… Read More
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
CEO Update February 2025
25 February 2025CEO Report February 2025 It is so disheartening to hear all the stories from across the country of low honey production this season. Despite some pockets of NSW and QLD… Read More
2024 Australian Colony Loss Survey – time is running out!
24 February 2025The 2024 Australian Colony Loss Survey – why you should have your say The 2024 Australian Colony Loss Survey closes in two weeks – here’s why all beekeepers should… 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
CEO Update January 2025
28 January 2025Welcome to the first AHBIC newsletter for 2025. Over the last month the AHBIC team have taken some much-needed time off to re-energise for the year ahead, so activities… 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