{"id":373706,"date":"2026-06-26T12:34:59","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T02:34:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=373706"},"modified":"2026-06-26T12:34:59","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T02:34:59","slug":"emergency-roundtable-on-mites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2026\/06\/26\/emergency-roundtable-on-mites\/","title":{"rendered":"Emergency Roundtable On Mites"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>June 26, 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>An emergency roundtable will be held next Tuesday involving key stakeholders in the honey bee industry to discuss the varroa mite crisis.<\/p>\n<p>The roundtable will involve representatives from Biosecurity Queensland, the Australian Honey Bee Industry Council and the Queensland Beekeepers Association.<\/p>\n<p>This follows the release of a report by the Wheen Bee Foundation, a not-for-profit group that promotes awareness of the importance of bees for food security, that has estimated a potential shortfall of 290,000 commercial honey bee hives during peak pollination periods in Australia due to varroa mite impacts and the rising demand for pollination services<\/p>\n<p>Varroa destructor mites were first detected in Queensland in March last year. 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