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Australia’s honey industry is yet to face
1. it’s -> its
greatest challenge – the anticipated arrival of the Varroa destructor
2.1 - or ,
2.2 parasit -> parasite
mite.
Australia is one of the last countries free of the mite.
Overseas, varroa
3. investigation -> infestation
has been responsible for over
4. halve -> half
of all beehive colonies collapses
5. and have -> has
the potential to destroy Australia’s 500,000 managed hives of European honey bees, and totally wipe out our native feral beehives.
With varroa already in New Zealand and Papua New Guinea, it is only a matter of time before an infestation makes it to Australia, says Dr Denis Anderson,
6. principle -> principal
research scientist with CSIRO Entomology.
The size of a pinhead, the varroa mite
7. attack -> attacks
both developing larvae and adult bees,
causing deformities and vulnerability to viruses that ultimately
8. kills -> kill
the entire hive.
Without this parasite, which can spread disease quickly from bee to
9. be, -> bee
Australia has managed to
10. contain -> confine
serious infections, such as the Israeli Acute Paralysis Virus –
a leading cause of colony collapse in the USA. |
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