Honey bees will be better protected from a deadly parasite under a multi-million dollar rescue package.
At least $31 million (US $20.7 million) will be injected into support for beekeepers, horticulture and cropping industries affected by the outbreak of varroa mite, more than a year after it was detected in Australia.
“Biosecurity, full stop, and pests are the number one issue that we have to deal with,” New South Wales (NSW) Agriculture Minister Tara Moriarty told a farmers’ conference in Sydney on Wednesday.
The state government has paid almost $14 million in compensation to 2,500 commercial and recreational beekeepers since varroa was detected at the port of Newcastle in June 2022….