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A recent story has reported on a project to map bee activity and gain a better understanding of the habitat and food sources needed for their continued survival.ÌýThe South Australian government and the ³ÉÈË´óƬ have both contributed $300,000 each to the program.

"We want to prevent bees dying in the future, so we have to plant bee food so that bees can be maintained locally," said ³ÉÈË´óƬ research associate Dr Katja Hogendorn.

The parasitic varroa mite has been deadly to many bee populations around the world and proves a very big threat to industry if it was to happen in Australia.

"We have to act now to prevent loss of crop-pollinating species," said ³ÉÈË´óƬ Plant Conservation Biology ChairmanÌý.



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