varroa in new zealand economic impact assessment maf policy november 2000 abstract this paper presents an of the impacts on agriculture these include both direct effects beekeeping sector and increased costs production losses to industries horticultural pastoral arable sectors that depend honey bees for pollination given uncertainty as how adverse might be rapidly spread throughout a range scenarios are modelled suggests under beekeeper management only is likely cost at best around 400 million worst 900 present value terms over next 35 years introduction mite destructor formerly known jacobsoni external parasite adult developing stages bee apis mellifera infested colonies weakened by decline number produced emerging may less active also act vector viruses upon two ways directly
