News & Events

Experts come together to consider pesticide risks to honey bees

23/04/2014 – 12:34 am A symposium held in Canberra on 9 April 2014 concluded that neonicotinoids, a newer class of insecticide commonly used to control insect pests in crops, are unlikely to be presenting any greater threat to honey bees and crop pollination than other pesticides which have been in use for many years. Read more

Inquiry into beekeeping and pollination service industries

20/03/2014 – 12:13 am On 12 December 2013, the Senate referred an inquiry into the future of the beekeeping and pollination service industries to the Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee. Read more

Honey levy to BEEf up surveillance

20/03/2014 – 12:09 am Beekeepers are being urged to vote on a proposed increase to the honey levy to fund the National Bee Pest Surveillance Program, an early warning system designed to help keep Australia free of pest bees and bee pests. Read more

Report on neonicotinoids from APVMA

20/03/2014 – 12:07 am The Australian Pesticide and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA) has completed a broad overview of issues relating to honey bee health in Australia, with a particular focus on the use of neonicotinoid insecticides. Read more