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BEEKEEPERS DOUBLE DOWN ON BIOSECURITY AFTER DREADED ‘VARROA’ DETECTION

70 million dollars a year – that’s how much damage a small Varroa Mite, could wreak on our honey industry.

The pests have been detected in surveillance hives at the Port of Newcastle… leaving others… within a 50-kilometre radius in somewhat of a ‘lockdown’.

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Isobella Evans

Isobella Evans is a journalist with NBN News in Newcastle. After discovering a love for writing in primary school, Bella went on to complete a Bachelor of Communication at the University of Newcastle in 2018. She enjoyed a series of internships, including a gig at the Royal Easter Show, before receiving a full-time position at NBN's Tamworth bureau, where she worked for almost three years before moving to the company's Newcastle office in 2021.

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