Tiny mite could cost Australia millions of dollars

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A Varroa mite and its offspring inside a bee colony Source: AAP / DENIS ANDERSON/PR IMAGE

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Hundreds of beehives around the New South Wales city of Newcastle are to be destroyed in coming days, according to the honey bee industry, in a bid to contain a deadly invader.

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