Beekeepers say they are angry at the lack of communication from authorities after varroa mite is found in a new zone.
Beekeepers on the NSW Mid North Coast are the latest to prepare to destroy their hives after the detection of varroa mite in hives at a blueberry farm.
"A bee farmer rang us on the bee telegraph and said, 'Mate, you're in the red zone of varroa,'" he said.'It's like losing half your family' "You lose your bees i'ts like losing half your family. No money will ever make up for the bees," he said. NSW Apiarists' Association president Steve Fuller will have 200 of his own hives in the red zone destroyed.Mr Fuller has 1,200 hives in the emergency zones and expects that the 200 located in the red zone will be destroyed in the coming days."It's the most central place that you could actually do it for the Coffs Coast.
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