PHOTO: Yellow notification zones, where no varroa mites have been detected, will be lifted for beekeepers across NSW.
Nine weeks have passed since the detrimental Varroa mite outbreak was first detected at the Port of Newcastle, starting an emergency eradication and movement ban across NSW.
The state- wide emergency order resulted in the NSW Department of Primary Industries (DPI) eradicating over six million bees within the ‘red- zone’ in an attempt to stop the spread of the mite.
Earlier this week, the 50 km yellow notification zones have been officially lifted for beekeepers in parts of the state. Giving some beekeepers access to move honeybees and hives across the state once again…