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Varroa is very difficult to detect with the current level of surveillance... "I'm not saying that it is here in WA at all, but for all intents and purposes it but it could be"

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Mike Cernotta, WA Bee Industry Council Vice Chair and Pemberton Beekeeper

As varroa spreads in NSW, calls come from the WA beekeeping industry to ramp up biosecurity efforts. Mike says there’s a "huge risk" of varroa entering WA through traffic on the east-west freight link or through swarms of feral bees, and the state is not prepared.

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