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HONEY BEE & POLLINATION
Future Surveillance Needs for Honeybee Biosecurity
86 pages
Published: 2 Aug 2010
Publication Code: 10-107
Author(s): Anderson, Denis, Simon Barry, David Cook, Rob Duthie, David Clifford
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Project Overview
Future Surveillance needs for Bee Biosecurity
23 October 2008 – 30 June 2010
The Australian honeybee industry produces honey and other bee products for domestic consumption and export, through apiculture of Apis mellifera. The industry has an estimated GVP of A$80 million. In addition, the annual benefit of apiculture to general agriculture through plant pollination in Australia is estimated to range from A$4 to 6 billion.
Because of the significant value of this industry there is a need for effective biosecurity. A component of this is the use of surveillance. This report considers a risk-based framework for exploring the costs and benefits of surveillance for exotic honeybee pests and diseases.
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