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"My concern is that so far there has been no effort to find feral hives"
It seems they are using baiting stations with Fipronil as well as killing managed hives with Fipronil to act as bait to target ferals
https://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/emergencies/biosecurity/current-situation/varroa-mite-emergency-response/varroa-frequently-asked-questions
'Outside of infested premises within the eradication zone, baiting will be used on a grid system. Sugar syrup is used at the baiting station as an inducement to get the bees used to feeding from that site."
https://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0008/1411928/20220629-Transcript-QA-session,-honeybee-industry-briefing.pdf
"What we're going to be doing in the week ahead to kill everything within the red zones is using a chemical called Fipronil, which is similar to Ant Rid that you might've seen people use on their kitchen bench when it gets invaded by ants. Now this is important, because it's the Fipronil which is going to kill the feral bees as well. So I know that people want to go out there and start destroying hives now, but just be aware that we need a good number of hives out there to be poisoned with Fipronil so when the feral bees raid them hives, it's going to knock them out as wel"
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