1,200 Hives stranded Nth of Condobolin, due to boggy roads, were moved by Helicopter at a cost of $1,600ph before being loaded onto trucks and transported to Boundary Bend.
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Beehives choppered in for crucial
August 7th 2021: ABC Rural
Pollination coordinator Trevor Monson is overseeing the delivery of 400 truckloads of bees, which will be based between Tooleybuc and Hattah
Mr Monson said this year's COVID-19 restrictions had been even more challenging to navigate than last year. "We ask the beekeepers to get tested before they load their bees. "We're only 5 kilometres from the border. They come in they unload and they're back out again," Mr Monson said. |
In a recent report to Parliament, the committee identified ageing as a critical issue facing beekeepeing, Australia's biggest livestock industry.
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This kid gets a buzz out of
August 6th 2021: ABC Western Plains
13 year old Oliver says beekeeping is a fantastic hobby for teenagers and a great way to make money. A typical Aussie beekeeper is well over 50 but one keen apiarist is doing his bit to bring the average age down.
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Breeding varroa resistant bees began in 2013 in the Netherlands when an Amateur beekeeper enlisted the held of hundreds of other amateur apiarists throughout Europe. He identified, selected and bred from colonies which seemed equipped to counter this destructive pest.
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Importing bees to help
July 16th 2021: Landline ABC
Bees have been imported in Australia for the first time in almost 20 years. Queens specially bred to cope with the mite and artificially inseminated with local stock to help built pest resistant colonies
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