http://wynnum-herald.whereilive.com.au/news/story/mite-bite-on-bees-may-be-the-end-of-honey/

AUSTRALIA'S honey bees are the last in the western world still protected
from a deadly mite, but they are under threat of eradication with the mite
on our doorstep.
Local beekeeper groups and scientists from CSIRO and the Queensland Brain
Institute (QBI) are worried the Varroa mite, fatal to the European honey
bee, will soon enter Australia.
And although it is not likely the entire bee population will become extinct,
the environmental and economic impact would still be devastating.
The mite kills and feeds off the blood of the European honey bee, which is
responsible for the pollination of about 60 per cent of crops as well as
producing honey in Australia.

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