It's what scientists don't know about native Australian bees that has them deeply concerned. While there is no shortage of eyes on European honey bees — and the impacts varroa mite, pesticides ...

The author of the book, Bees of Australia, James recently rediscovered the rare cloaked bee., which was believed extinct for the past 100 years. In this episode he talks about the relevance of his ...

Honeybees were introduced to Australia in the early 1800s. While no long-term research exists on how the bees impacted native ...

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 ...