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A plan to rid the upper South Island of the bee parasite varroa under a programme of baiting and poisoning wild bee colonies, has the full support of the region's horticulturalists.
The government has allocated $1.25 million for what it is calling an elimination programme, on top of the more than $3 million it will spend on a varroa management programme.
Nelson beekeepers have undertaken to move about 800 hives from a mixture of commercial and hobbyists' properties to the North Island while the poisoning programme takes place.
Richard Kempthorne of the Fruitgrowers' Federation says the operation will not jeopardise pollination and growers have given it their full backing.
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