Pests -- Australia
The potentially devastating varroa mite, which could wipe out the Australian beekeeping industry, has been detected in Victoria.
A bee colony infested with the varroa mite was detected on [Wed 27 Jun 2018] at the Port of Melbourne on a ship from the United States.
A colony was found in a wooden crate and tests revealed some bees were infested with varroa mite, but the exact variety of the varroa mite is yet to be determined.
Australia is one of the last remaining countries in the
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?5882252&promed&0
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