New South Wales (NSW) authorities have told a Senate inquiry into Australia’s biosecurity preparedness they remain confident they have contained the varroa mite.
It comes after earlier evidence from the head of NSW beekeepers, who are worried the deadly parasite can’t be eradicated.
The Department of Primary Industry’s Dr John Tracey told the inquiry almost 14,000 hives had been euthanised so far, with more than 75 per cent of hives in the eradication zone destroyed.
“We are confident, based on the information that we have, that we have successfully delimited the infestation, and we’re continuing to work in from the edges of those areas as we euthanise the hives,” he said….