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Description

Australia's native bees have it pretty good at the moment, but it's the European imports that are in danger of colony collapse, which is bad news for Australia - we rely on them for $5 billion worth of free agriculture production.Dr Ken Walker (Curator of Entomology, Museum Victoria) explains the state of bees and how we're monitoring the problem.

Summary

Australia's native bees have it pretty good at the moment, but it's the European imports that are in danger of colony collapse, which is bad news for Australia - we rely on them for $5 billion worth of free agriculture production. Dr Ken Walker (Curator of Entomology, Museum Victoria) explains the state of bees and how we're monitoring the problem.

Subtitle
Australia's native bees have it pretty good at the moment, but it's the European imports that are in danger of colony collapse, which is bad news for Australia - we rely on them for $5 billion worth of free agriculture production.
Duration
10:15
Publishing date
2015-11-05 06:13
Link
http://webstat.latrobe.edu.au/www/marketing/assets/podcasts/scientifictheory/03-bees.mp3
Contributors
  Dr Ken Walker
author  
Enclosures
http://webstat.latrobe.edu.au/www/marketing/assets/podcasts/scientifictheory/03-bees.mp3
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