Yes entirely possible…one reason it’s better to have a regulated industry negating the reason for some to do it illegally because someone always will.
I seem to remember something about it initially getting in with some stray a.cerana
That was some years ago and in the Northern Territories I believe.
You are right Ian it was picked up in “biosecurity surveillance hives at the Port of Newcastle” last June which which was in their winter time. I’ve been following the story on and off since then. Here’s the latest article on the abc site. At the end of it if you click on the more on beekeeping link and go far enough back you will be able to follow the whole story.
Sounds familiar. We went through the same thirty five years ago
It is awful. Especially as all those hundreds of destroyed hives were the last to go under the programme.
Yes, most. Too bad they should have asked
I do remember Jenkins definitely said so ....
Akin to Asian hornet here?
Punishment? There is also litigation as I understand it. Perhaps also they are also trying to see what viruses have potentially come in with it, so perhaps that depends on where it came from?
You down there are built " a bit" different.. aren't You?
I know of one instance of a beekeeper enquiring about the availability of the InstantVap in Australia. He won't be the only one
Someone sure has a hate campaign against OA.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beeke..._swarm_can_be_seen_in_the_left_foreground.jpg
No doubt there'll be a huge marketing opportunity for gasvap sales
NZ gas its own methids to treat varroa. Those methods surely work in Australia too.
