Don't miss out on the headlines from QLD News. Followed categories will be added to My News. Biosecurity Queensland said preliminary identification of varroa mite (Varroa destructor) was confirmed at ...

After spreading through most of Earth’s honeybee populations, the parasite known as the Varroa mite (Varroa destructor) recently got a foothold in Australia and has begun devastating our own bees.

Don't miss out on the headlines from Victoria. Followed categories will be added to My News. And the presence of the destructive varroa mite in NSW could put the nation’s food industry at risk, ...

Half a dozen properties in three states have been raided as part of a probe into how the deadly varroa mite reached Australia, the bee industry says.