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UPDATE: biosecurity zone created as Varroa Mite affected area broadens

Updated July 1 2022 - 9:37am, first published June 30 2022 - 6:00pm
EYE OUT: The NSW DPI is asking beekeepers to monitor their hives to help with the response to the Varroa Mite incursion. Photo: Igor Chus/Shutterstock
EYE OUT: The NSW DPI is asking beekeepers to monitor their hives to help with the response to the Varroa Mite incursion. Photo: Igor Chus/Shutterstock

After a new biosecurity zone was established at Bulahdelah today, another emergency zone has been introduced south of Newcastle by the NSW Department of Primary Industries (NSW DPI) in response to confirmed detections of Varroa mite.

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