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Enhancing flowering and flower retention

Bees and pollination Aug. 24, 2023



In the world of mango cultivation, optimising flower development and retention is crucial for ensuring successful fruit production and maximising yields.

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Varroa mite found near Kempsey and Coffs

Bees and pollination Aug. 23, 2023



NSW Department of Primary Industries (DPI) tracing has uncovered a new Varroa mite infestation in beehives north of the existing Nana Glen purple zone, at Barcoogere in the Coffs Harbour region.

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Beewise shows world’s first robotic beehive

Bees and pollination May 3, 2023



The latest in cutting edge agritech is catering to a tiny but important customer – bees. US-based company, Beewise brought the world’s first robotic beehive to Australia for the first time, unveiling it at evokeAG. 2023.

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Plan Bee genetics program rolls on

Bees and pollination May 1, 2023



The ‘Plan Bee’ breeding research colonies at NSW Department of Primary Industries' Tocal College have been euthanised after falling under a Varroa mite eradication zone.

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Plan Bee flies south to Tasmania

Bees and pollination March 1, 2023



Last month a Plan Bee team made up of Nadine Chapman and Erica Mo, University of Sydney; Slavi Nenov, NSW Department of Primary Industries (NSW DPI); and Frewioni Baume (contractor for NSW DPI) headed to Tasmania, to meet with various breeders and beekeepers to collect samples and to chat about the potential impact of genetic improvement.

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Early pest detection linked to eradication

Bees and pollination Feb. 27, 2023



With a coastline of 60,000 kilometres and almost 30,000 commercial and recreational beekeepers, Australia offers a variety of pathways for exotic pests to enter the country and multiple opportunities for beekeepers to detect them.

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Inviting biodiversity benefits into tree crops

Bees and pollination Oct. 24, 2022



In the hills behind Byron Bay at Newrybar, the coffee pioneering Zentvelds family, are in their third year of planting cover crops in select sites across the coffee farm.

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