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The Canberra Times
The Canberra Times
Dan Holmes

Plight of the humble bee: Is eradicating varroa a lost cause?

It's the biggest biosecurity response in Australian history, but the government response to varroa mite hasn't stopped it from spreading across NSW.

Now beekeepers are at loggerheads over whether the Department of Primary Industries (DPI) should stop trying to contain the invasive bee parasite, and start learning to live with it.

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