Researchers say Australia is in a unique position to prepare native species for the impacts of the Varroa destructor—a mite now on our shores after decimating honeybee populations in other parts of ...

A mid-century autobiography seemingly contains the first known reference to the blue-banded bee dreaming upon which Tanya ...

A bee lockdown was implemented last year after varroa was detected at the port town of Newcastle. The parasitic mite attacks European and Asian honey bees, but does not affect Australia’s native ...

Late Wiradjuri elder Brian Grant’s family have slammed the organisation he founded for what they believe is commodifying their father’s memory, and say they never heard him mention the blue-banded bee ...

Varroa destructor is deadly to the European honey bee, which the Australian Honey Bee Industry Council estimates is responsible for pollinating about 35 per cent of the nation's crops. Chief ...