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BEEKEEPING LEARNING CENTER => DOWN UNDER BEEKEEPING => Topic started by: SlickMick on September 20, 2010, 08:26:35 pm

Title: SHB article in Courier Mail
Post by: SlickMick on September 20, 2010, 08:26:35 pm

Short article on the SHB in today's Courier Mail

http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/invasion-by-the-african-small-hive-beetle-stings-dwindling-bee-population/story-e6freoof-1225927017019 (http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/invasion-by-the-african-small-hive-beetle-stings-dwindling-bee-population/story-e6freoof-1225927017019)

Not telling us anything we didn't know

Slicko

Title: Re: SHB article in Courier Mail
Post by: Pete on September 20, 2010, 10:34:55 pm

Yeah its all of the papers today. I didnt know if made that big of a difference, 1 in 2 hobby hives gone :(

Does it appear in Vic or only in the tropical north?

Title: Re: SHB article in Courier Mail
Post by: OzBuzz on September 21, 2010, 01:45:53 am

According to the Victorian DPI website it has been found in Victoria but is not prevalent! Small Hive Beetle a Beekeeping Pest (http://new.dpi.vic.gov.au/notes/agg/bees--and--wasps/ag1080-small-hive-beetle--a-beekeeping-pest)

Title: Re: SHB article in Courier Mail
Post by: Culley on September 21, 2010, 06:11:16 am

Plenty on the North Coast and SE QLD and they're still spreading.