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Date: | Fri, 28 Nov 2008 10:30:23 +0900 |
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Peter,
The sentinel hive programme is not new, having been in place for quite a few
years. What is new, is the Federal Government's appreciation of its value.
They have now agreed to fund it, in order to guarantee its continuation. It
was previously part funded by state departments and partly by beekeepers,
and relied very heavily on volunteers to provide bees and maintain them. As
a consequence there were some problems with maintenance of uniform
standards. Hopefully the new funding guarantee will enable further expansion
of the scheme to more points of entry and more remote regions in Northern
Australia.
Although this is a "canary in the coalmine" approach it is seen as having
value, and is only one of several mechanisms that have been incorporated in
our biosecurity efforts. Biosecurity is one of the bigger words in the
Australian language, and is on the tip of most beekeepers' tongues here!
PeterD
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