http://www.abc.net.au/rural/news/content/200909/s2684994.htm

Monday, 14/09/2009

Apiarists in the Kimberley region of Western Australia warn they'll be
forced to kill millions of bees, if the Northern Territory maintains its
current quarantine bans on the region.

Kimberley beekeepers want to move their bees to the eastern states to help
with pollination, but aren't allowed to transport their hives through the
Northern Territory or southern WA, because the Kimberley has a bee pest
known as small hive beetle.

Beekeeper Kevin Cole says if bees can't be moved after pollination duties in
the Ord Valley, the most viable option is to simply kill them all.

"If they don't concede that it's safe to run bees from here (Kimberley, WA)
to Queensland or NSW, we'll start killing bees," he says.

"There's a big shortage of bees in Australia, and I can't see the point of
killing these ones because of someone's idea that it won't be safe
transporting them through that particular part of the continent."

The NT Government says it's still considering whether to keep or scrap the
quarantine ban on Kimberley bees.



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