A central coast beekeeper is petitioning to stop the eradication of beehives in response to varroa mite, arguing that Australia must learn to live with the pest like many other countries do.
"They couldn't come up with a something that says this is our scientific plan.
"This was the Commonwealth government, the state government, the pollination and honey bee industries all unanimously agreeing that it was both technically feasible but also economically beneficial to do the eradication as opposed to living with [varroa mite]," he said.Mr Saunders said the circumstances surrounding the outbreak impacted the response plan.
"Given we saw in the initial discovery of the sentinel hives around the Newcastle port area, the decision was made fairly quickly that an eradication plan would work."
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