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Liv Casben

15m bees dead in NSW as varroa spreads

A ban restricting the movement of bees remains in place in NSW. (AAP)

More than 15 million bees have been euthanised across 31 infected premises in NSW as the fight to contain the varroa mite continues.

Bees from 1533 hives have been destroyed between the NSW central and mid-north coasts as well as at Narrabri in the state's northwest, NSW Agriculture Minister Dugald Saunders says.

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