Beekeepers say they are 'devastated' as the detection of the varroa mite in the Port of Newcastle last week triggered a 10-kilometre eradication zone and halt on all movement of bees across the state.
The destruction of hundreds of beehives in Newcastle and parts of New South Wales is underway as authorities work to control the spread of a deadly parasite.Authorities have started eradicating bee hives around the varroa mite detection site in Newcastle
The Department of Primary Industries and Local Land Services has so far earmarked 300 hives in the zone to be destroyed over the next few days. One hundred and twenty hives were also destroyed in Trangie yesterday after government contact tracers found a commercial beekeeper near the port had recently sent some of his hives to the region."Although there was no detection of the actual mite in the hives at Trangie, given they were from the same property, the decision was made to destroy them as well," Mr Saunders said.
"What we're really doing now is a lot of investigative work to see where other hives have travelled to.
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