Announcing ABON
In mid-July, I was back in Newcastle’s Varroa exclusion zones supervising the installation of bait hives for the Australian Bee Observation Network (ABON) administered by the Australian National University (ANU). The potential establishment of Varroa in Australia raises the urgency of understa
Unhealthy Brood Odour
This is a recording of a webinar by Dr Kaira Wagoner (University of North Carolina at Greensboro) who has pioneered an approach to breed for Varroa resistance without an active mite population.
Varroa – Adversity versus Opportunity
Having kept bees for six or seven years during the “millennium” drought and then Covid-19 has taught me a thing or two about starting a small business – most importantly – “that which does not kill me makes me stronger”.
Annus horribilis
Varroa mite has been detected on Australian shores. This is the news no recreational or commercial beekeeper wants to hear. This month, I spent a week in the Newcastle area participating in the NSW Varroa Response as a volunteer beekeeper. This article is an opinion piece accompanied by a collection