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National Bee Pest Surveillance Program (PH25001)

This project supports the continuation of the National Bee Pest Surveillance Program (NBPSP), a coordinated, risk-based initiative to detect exotic and regionally significant bee pests.

8 January 2026

Media Release

Flies to support Australia’s struggling bees?

Flies to support Australia’s struggling bees?A new project is set to finalise research to commercially deliver flies as a pollination solution for Australian horticulture growers. With wild pollinator populations in decline, honeybee health under

12 November 2025

Ongoing project

Flies as effective pollinators for horticulture (PH24002) (PH24002)

This project addresses the urgent need for alternative managed crop pollinators in Australian horticulture, responding to the decline of wild pollinators, increasing risks to honeybee health, and the expansion of crops less suited to honeybees.

24 October 2025

Completed project Final Research Report

Macadamia pollination gap analysis and industry opportunities (MC24002)

This project gathered compiled and assessed knowledge on macadamia pollination and practice in Australia and other leading producer countries. A central output was an online research compendium, accessible to growers online.

15 April 2025

Completed project Final Research Report

Opportunities for insecticide resistant honey bees for pollination security (PH22000)

This project explored the potential use of emerging genetic engineering technologies to introduce beneficial traits into European Honey bees (Apis mellifera)

16 December 2024

Ongoing project

Best practice pollinator management for the rubus industry (RB23002)

This program ensures rubus growers have access to best practice information on managing pollinators on their farms.

26 June 2024

Article

Protecting pollinators from pesticides

Protecting pollinators from pesticidesHort Innovation is partnering with researchers at The University of Sydney to develop environmentally-friendly pesticides that selectively target varroa mite. Pollination is crucial to the long-term

27 November 2023

Completed project

Supporting pollination dependence assessment and incursion response communications (CY22000)

This short project conducted a survey and collated data to demonstrate the honey bee reliance of the local cherry industry for use when planning responses to various Varroa Mite expansion situations.

28 August 2023

Ongoing project

Supporting the health and expansion of the Australian stingless bee industry (PH22004)

This investment is supporting the health and expansion of the Australian stingless bee industry by improving understanding of stingless bee nutrition, pathogens, mass reproduction and pollination efficacy for different crop species and cropping environments.

22 August 2023

Ongoing project

Best practices for evaluation of bee health technology (PH22003)

This investment is evaluating a range of sensor-based tools for bee health monitoring so that recommendations can be made to beekeepers on available options to improve awareness of their hive health.

19 April 2023