• How to remove honey supers

• Compensation for commercial and recreational beekeepers

• How to remove honey supers

• Compensation for commercial and recreational beekeepers

• How to remove honey supers

• Compensation for commercial and recreational beekeepers

• How to remove honey supers

• Compensation for commercial and recreational beekeepers

• How to remove honey supers

• Compensation for commercial and recreational beekeepers

• How to remove honey supers

• Compensation for commercial and recreational beekeepers

• Compensation package for recreational beekeepers announced

• New rules in the red zones

• New detection in the Coffs Harbour region has been traced to a movement of bees from the Newcastle area before the lockdown was implemented in June

• No new mite detections outside the red zone for the past week

• Surveillance of the notification (yellow) zone is almost complete

• Work will now resume in the eradication (red) zone

• No new mite detections

• Permit system introduced to allow commercial beekeepers to move hives for critical pollination services in certain areas of NSW

One new detection at Wards River - increased surveillance and tracing work is now under way in the area

Hundreds of ABA members are providing data from their own hives, or are volunteering in the Hunter region.

Thank you all, and keep up the good work!

• Compensation for recreational and commercial beekeepers

• Flood movement permit extended

• New rules on handling bees and extracting honey

• Red (eradication) zone: beekeepers will be contacted about the euthanising of their bees

• Purple (surveillance) zone: beekeepers will be contacted about the testing of their bees

• Yellow (notification) zone: beekeepers are asked to test their own bees, and report all results

• Whole of NSW: do NOT move or touch bees, unless to feed or test for mites

1. Report all honeybees acquired from within 50km of the Port of Newcastle (the red, purple and yellow emergency zones) in the past 12 months using the DPI’s online reporting form.

2. Report all honeybees located in the red, purple, or yellow emergency zones using the Beekeeper Notifications - Varroa mite online form

3. Check all honeybees in the red, purple or yellow zones for mites, and report both positive and negative results to the Hotline 1800 084 881 (9am to 5pm, 7 days a week)

Tips for making your sugar shake own Sugar Shake or Alcohol Wash kit

1. Report all honeybees acquired from within 50km of the Port of Newcastle (the red, purple and yellow emergency zones) in the past 12 months using the DPI’s online reporting form.

2. Report all honeybees located in the red, purple, or yellow emergency zones using the Beekeeper Notifications - Varroa mite online form

3. Check all honeybees in the red, purple or yellow zones for mites, and report both positive and negative results to the Hotline 1800 084 881 (9am to 5pm, 7 days a week)

Anyone who has acquired honeybees (including queen bees, nucleus hives and hives with honeybees) from within 50km of the Port of Newcastle (the red, purple and yellow emergency zones) in the past 12 months is urged to report this to the DPI, to help eradicate the varroa mite from NSW.

Report these honeybees using the DPI’s online reporting form.

If you have bees within 50km of a confirmed infected premises (red, purple, or yellow zones on the map), you must notify the DPI of the location of the hives, by completing the Beekeeper Notifications - Varroa mite online form.

Biosecurity (Varroa Mite) Order No. 4 is now in effect.

You must not touch or move your hives unless to feed using an approved internal feeder, or to inspect for mites by one of these approved methods:

1. sugar shake test

2. alcohol wash

3. brood uncapping

All beekeepers within the red, purple and yellow zones MUST notify all hive locations, preferably online by completing the Beekeeper Notifications - Varroa mite online form

Please be informed that NSW DPI has issued a new group permit (the permit) for the purposes of moving or causing the movement of bee hives (with and without bees) and components thereof into NSW, effective from the 4 July 2019.

• What is Sugar shaking?
• When is a good time to perform a sugar shake?
• What equipment is required for a sugar shake?

What do you know about varroa?

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