Varroa Action Plan
Newfoundland and Labrador is currently free of the highly destructive Varroa destructor mite. Maintaining this status will be a major challenge!
The Newfoundland and Labrador Beekeeping Association released A Varroa Action Plan for Newfoundland and Labrador on September 21, 2020. It recommends measures to prevent the arrival and establishment of the mite in the province.
Here's a number of audio recordings of Poppy Peter's Varroa conversations with beekeepers from Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the US. They are presented here with permission.
Click here to see the NLBKA's news release about the plan and the Varroa Action Plan report.
Varroa conversations with beekeepers
Bob Darrell, Ontario, 22 July 2019
David Elkner, New Jersey, 21 July 2019
Dick Cryberg, Ohio, 4 October 2019
Frank Lindsay, New Zealand, 1 August 2019
Heather Clay, B.C., 10 December 2019
Janet Wilson, B.C., 23 July 2019
Peter Keating, Quebec, 11 July 2019
Stephanie Taylor, B.C./New Zealand, 19 December 2019