Killing the birds and the bees

In late 2022, I wrote an article for the Epoch Times titled: Not the Bees! Varroa Mite Madness…

At the time I was furious about the heavy-handed response from Australia’s biosecurity procedures to the accidental introduction of Varroa mites. A decision – well, more like an unstoppable panic – was made to cull around 45 million bees, both farmed and native, along the mid-north coast.