Hives along state’s central and mid-north coasts and in north-west destroyed as bee lockdown continues
in NSW, with almond industry representatives calling for hives to be moved in time for pollination in August.
“It’s about making sure that we’re not risking moving a devastating disease into an area that it isn’t [devastating] currently,” he said. “If we can have a good way of identifying where hives might come from to be part of the pollination, and if everyone feels safe around how that can work, then fantastic.”
“Everything we are doing is still working,” Saunders said. “We’re finding more infected premises, as was expected. They are all linked, which is the good news part of it. We haven’t seen an unexpected outbreak somewhere. We’ve just seen everything connected to a previous case, and that’s important.” “The plan was to get a few key people ... to give a bit of advice ... on whether there are other things we haven’t thought of,” Saunders said.
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