Picture shows Becky Cho and one of the beehives set up under her wisteria tree, undated. She took up apiculture during the COVID-19 pandemic. (@becky_the_beekeeper, NewsX/Bee)
Picture shows Robert McNair, who was stung by bees in Black Forest, a southern suburb of Adelaide, southern Australia, undated. The 69-year-old amateur apiarist attempted to remove a swarm of foreign bees that had invaded his hive. (NewsX/Bee)
Beekeeper Hospitalised After Swarm Assault
Picture shows a petition on change.org, undated. An Australian apiarist's petition against the "careless" eradication of hives due to a varroa mite outbreak has been signed by over 27,000 supporters within weeks. (change.org, NewsX/Bee)
Campaign Gathers Pace To Stop Hive Eradication Over Varroa Mite Fears
Image shows the roof at the Adelaide Showground, the region's largest multi-purpose event centre in the inner-southern Adelaide suburb of Wayville, Australia, undated. Xandra Helbers started managing the Adelaide Showground apiary - which consists of 50,000 to 70,000 bees - during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic. (NewsX/BF)