Bush #bee #hives are dying & #beekeepers challenged as #treatment-resistant #varroa mites spread.
#Genetic #testing has confirmed that some of the #parasites are #mutating.
Beekeepers are being urged to rotate chemical treatments to slow the pace of resistance. #auspol #apiarists
Blagoevgrad, #Bulgaria
Worshippers gather around candles stuck to jars of honey during a mass to mark the day of Saint Haralampi, the Orthodox patron saint of beekeepers.
Photograph: Spasiyana Sergieva/Reuters
Deadly #varroa #mite threatens half of Canberra’s #beehives.
The varroa mite, is expected to wipe out half of the #ACT's 6,000 #bee hives within two years, putting local #fruit & #vegetable #crops at #risk.
Varroa mites are 1 to 2 millimetre-long parasites that attach to honey bees, eventually killing the bees and their colonies.
The ACT's first infestation was found in a hive in Kowen in April this year. #auspol #apiarist #BeeKeepers
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-29/act-varroa-mite-wipe-out-half-bees-two-years/106148658
🐝 How to Create a Website for Beekeepers: 29 Essential Design Tips
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🐝 SEO & Digital Marketing for Beekeeping Websites 📈 Online promotion for beekeepers in 29 clear steps.
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First detected in South Australia's Riverland region in September, the #varroamite has since been found in numerous sites across the state, including the Limestone Coast, the Adelaide Hills and the Fleurieu Peninsula.
The number of detections has increased in recent weeks.
President of the #Beekeepers Society of SA, Bob Beer, said everyone was on high alert.
"The mite's move into the state has always been a case of not if, but when," he said.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-23/beekeepers-on-high-alert-varroa-mite-spreads-sa/106169566
The varroa mite may be tiny — only a millimetre or two long — but it poses a huge threat to honey bees, beekeepers and honey producers, who are on high alert after the destructive mite's recent arrival in South Australia.
Testing on supermarket imported honey finds some is not all honey
Australian beekeepers have funded an investigation into the authenticity of imported honey on supermarket shelves, with early results…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #AU #Australia #australiantestingstandards #beekeepers #biosecurity #foodfraud #honeyadulteration #honeypurity #imported #Testing
https://www.newsbeep.com/300359/
#Australian #beekeepers are paying for #imported supermarket honey to be #tested for purity, with early results showing other products being added.
The industry tested 30 products, with some showing signs of adulteration.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-10/testing-finds-some-imported-honey-not-honey/106119344
An Asian hornet explosion leaves Alsace beekeepers fighting for their hives.
Beekeepers in eastern France are racing to contain an explosion in numbers of Asian hornets since 2023 that is devastating hives.
The yellow-legged hornet first arrived in France in 2004, but only reached the Haut-Rhin in 2023. It is now firmly entrenched.
#Beekeepers #Beekeeping #AsianHornet #AsianHornets #InvasiveSpecies #Insects #Environment #Alsace #France
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