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The answer to the threat of colony collapse disorder in the honey bees in New Zealand and globally may lie with our Pacific neighbour, Niue.

IF WE DON'T look after all natural pollinators, particularly the honey bee, we could see economic and social collapse, says John Hartnell, Federated Farmers Bees chairperson and a Christchurch-based exporter of bee products.

THE NEW ZEALAND bee industry as we knew it 10 years ago is not what we see today, says John Hartnell, Federated Farmers bee chairperson.

August is Bee Aware Month and the National Beekeepers Association is urging the government to take the threat to bees much more seriously.

Just one honey jar entering this country from Australia could spell disaster for our bees, warns Federated Farmers.

Uk researchers have been given funding to develop a system to ‘knock down’ genes in varroa mites, causing them to die.