Petition from group of beekeepers calls for end to ‘killing of honeybees’, more financial support and release of science behind eradication strategy Beekeepers in New South Wales are demanding the end ...

Australian states and territories are expected to revoke a ban on New South Wales bees and hives in the coming weeks. State borders will open within weeks to NSW hives and bees in low risk areas ...

The nation's peak beekeeping industry body says anxiety is high in the sector — three months after NSW walked away from trying to eradicate the deadly varroa mite. Varroa mite was first found in New ...

In a tiny courtyard behind a small terrace house at Millers Point, Ling Yoong houses over 10,000 Ligurian honey bees in just one hive. "I come out here to look at the bees and see them flying around ...

Honey production in NSW has been cut by 70 per cent because the state’s beekeepers are being forced to ­relocate so their bees will survive the drought which is drying up nectar on trees and flowers.

DPI officers will conduct random inspections of hives from Lismore to Bangalow in the next week. In particular, they are looking for American foulbrood, a bacterium disease that can wipe out 95 per ...

More than 300 delegates attended the annual gathering, including NSW Agriculutre Minister, Tara Moriarty, with the event once again coinciding with the lead-up to World Bee Day. The conference has ...

Beekeepers will seek millions of dollars in compensation in a potential class action after their hives were destroyed in a bid to stop the varroa mite. Devastated keepers say existing government ...

NSW beekeeper Chris Cooper spent Wednesday walking in circles thinking about the bees he'd spent 18 years breeding. On Tuesday night, authorities euthanised his hives at Kempsey as part of a $100 ...