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Friday 3^rd October 2025  KI Beekeepers met with Minister for Primary Industries Clare Scriven, Georgie Cornish (Head of PIRSA Biosecurity), and Varroa management leaders Adrian Harvey, Josh D’Ambrosio & Bianca Jones (KI Biosecurity Officer).

The round table session in Kingscote gave an update on the current Varroa situation in South Australia and gave KI Beekeepers the good news about increased spending on KI biosecurity which means there will be more biosecurity officers employed and that means biosecurity officers will now cover every ferry at Cape Jervis – stronger protection at KI’s gateway.

PIRSA is putting in sentinel hives to be on the lookout for varroa and other threats like diseases. The hives now in place are at Cape Jervis, Parndana & Kingscote, with a further 7 to be rolled out across Kangaroo Island – bringing the total to 10 early-warning hives.

The group then discussed other ideas to improve biosecurity…

www.abc.net.au

Beekeepers on Kangaroo Island are demanding that biosecurity measures be boosted to prevent a deadly parasite from wiping out the island's world-famous bee sanctuary. 

ABC had posted an Article on KIBA

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