Up to 90% of wild bee colonies (QLD) lost to varroa mite, impacting Aussie food industry | Landline

With no hope of eradicating varroa mite in Australia, many beekeepers are refocusing their efforts to help provide pollination services to fruit and vegetable growers as varroa mite wipes out wild beehives. #ABCLandline Landline — Stream now on ABC iview: https://ab.co/Landline ___________________________________________ Landline is Australia's only national agricultural television program covering stories from Australia's rural and regional heartland. 0:00 When and how did varroa arrive in Australia? 0:36 How to test your hive for varroa mites 2:56 Beekeeping pollination services over honey production 3:38 Feral hives no longer reliable for pollination 4:05 Impact of varroa on food industry 6:08 Biological control of pests 7:08 Biopesticide used for varroa mite infertility 7:25 Bees used as biosecurity detectors 9:00 Deformed wing virus and tropilaelaps mites 9:41 Potential AI solutions in the future This was filmed in June 2026. Subscribe 🔔 http://ab.co/ABCAus-subscribe ___________________________________________ Web: http://abc.net.au/ Facebook: http://facebook.com/abc Twitter: http://twitter.com/abcaustralia Instagram: http://instagram.com/abcaustralia ___________________________________________ Please note: On most of our videos, the captions/subtitles are auto-generated by YouTube. Comments are subject to moderation and may take some time to appear. This is an official Australian Broadcasting Corporation YouTube channel. Contributions may be removed if they violate ABC's Online Conditions of Use http://www.abc.net.au/conditions.htm (Section 3).