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Liv Casben

SHOCKING: Commercial beekeepers to be compensated - You Need To See This

Hundreds of beehives are being destroyed as NSW tries to contain an outbreak of the varroa mite. (AAP)

Another eradication zone has been established in NSW to contain the deadly varroa mite as details of a compensation package are worked out for commercial beekeepers whose hives and bees are destroyed.

The NSW Department of Primary Industries has confirmed it set up another emergency zone at a property in Calga, about 100 kilometres south of Newcastle, in response to confirmed detections of the mite.

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