Varroa mites and small hive beetles are threatening Australian honey producers. Here’s how backyard beekeepers, and everyday honey lovers, can help.
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A single colony of bees can have 60,000 bees in it. Together, they can visit up to 50 million flowers each day to collect pollen and nectar. They’re not called ‘busy bees’ for nothing!
In NSW, honeybees are listed as a key threatening process to biodiversity.
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Lecturer in Biological Sciences, University of Wollongong
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Visiting Research Fellow, Adelaide University
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Lecturer and Director - Bees for Sustainable Livelihoods, Southern Cross University
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ARC Early Career Research Fellow, Social Insect Ecology, Macquarie University