The varroa mite, a parasite that feeds on adult bees and their larvae, is spreading rapidly in parts of NSW.
The government needs to consider a change in approach, as the situation is getting out of control.
The NSW Nationals leader calls for abandoning the eradication plan, as no country has been successful in eliminating the parasite once established.
The majority of members in the Honey Bee Industry Council want to switch to a management plan instead of eradication.
The Tasmanian Beekeepers Association believes that the pest should not be allowed to spread beyond NSW, as eradication is becoming increasingly challenging.
Yea, I think stamets found this fungal relationship like a decade ago when colony collapse was in all the news, but now they can produce a strain that performs similarly on the cheap - hell of a lot cheaper than losing all our bees, anyway
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