Hear me out – we could use the varroa mite to wipe out feral honey bees, and help Australia's environment
- Written by Patrick O'Connor, Associate Professor, University of Adelaide
A tiny parasitic mite that lives on the European honeybee (Apis mellifera) has breached Australia’s border quarantine and been detected in managed bee hives in New South Wales.
This is bad news for Australia’s honey industry, with over 300 hives in Newcastle set to be destroyed and biosecurity zones in place. The potential economic...





