HortNews - Varroa Mites Knocking On Cook Strait Door
Varroa mites wreaking havoc in the upper North Island's bee industry has now broken though the line of control from Taranaki to the East Cape, with isolated infestations found in the Wellington region. WELLINGTON 9/8/2002 - Varroa mites wreaking ... [... more] HortNET New Zealand
Apiarists Prepare For Varroa Pest To Cross Cook Strait
Beekeepers at the top of the South Island are participating in a bee disease exercise designed partly to prepare for the spread of varroa mite from the North Island. WELLINGTON 09/04/2003 - Beekeepers at the top of the South Island are ... [... more] HortNET New Zealand
HortNews - MAF Accepts Defeat In Varroa Movement Control
The Government has surrendered to the invasive beehive pest varroa mite in the North Island. WELLINGTON 22/09/2003 - The Government has surrendered to the invasive beehive pest varroa mite in the North Island. The beehive movement control line ... [... more] HortNET New Zealand
HortNews - Inquiry As Apiarists Split Over Varroa ...
Beekeepers have split so badly over plans for managing the destructive varroa mites threatening the South Island that the Government is to stage a ministerial inquiry. WELLINGTON 9/03/2004 - Beekeepers have split so badly over plans for managing ... [... more] HortNET New Zealand
HortNews - Varroa Mite Spreads Into Hawke's Bay
The destructive bee mite, Varroa jacobsonii, has spread into Hawke's Bay - one of the last remaining areas of the North Island clear of the pest. HASTINGS 6/06/2003 - The destructive bee mite, Varroa jacobsonii, has spread into Hawke's Bay - one ... [... more] HortNET New Zealand
HortNews - Impact Of Varroa Mite A Worry For Beekeepers
The economic impact of the varroa bee mite on the country's beekeepers has occupied the major portion of discussion at the National Beekeepers' Association conference in Queenstown. INVERCARGILL 1/8/2001 - The economic impact of the varroa bee ... [... more] HortNET New Zealand
HortNews - Varroa Mite Breaches Control Line
South Island farmers are alarmed by the recent discovery of a varroa infested colony of feral bees in the Wellington region. WELLINGTON 11/2/2002 - South Island farmers are alarmed by the recent discovery of a varroa infested colony of feral bees ... [... more] HortNET New Zealand
Auckland's Wild Bee Colonies Killed Off By Varroa Mite
Much of the buzz has gone from Auckland gardens this spring as wild bees fall victim to the killer varroa mite. AUCKLAND 19/11/2001 - Much of the buzz has gone from Auckland gardens this spring as wild bees fall victim to the killer varroa ... [... more] HortNET New Zealand
Researchers Study Ways Of Slowing Varroa Mite Spread
Researchers are investigating the possibility of wiping out feral bees in some areas of the South Island as a way of slowing the spread of varroa mites once they cross Cook Strait. WELLINGTON 9/10/2002 - Researchers are investigating the ... [... more] HortNET New Zealand
South Island To Be Scoured For Varroa Mite Infestations
A big push is about to start to check whether the feared varroa mite is in South Island bee hives. CHRISTCHURCH 23/3/2001 - A big push is about to start to check whether the feared varroa mite is in South Island bee hives. Contracted workers will ... [... more] HortNET New Zealand
Varroa Mite Toll In South Island Could Be $430 Million
When the varroa mite reaches the South Island, it could cost the rural sector $430 million in the following three decades, apiarists and orchardists were told in Cromwell today. DUNEDIN 29/01/2003 - When the varroa mite reaches the South Island, ... [... more] HortNET New Zealand
