Kangaroo Island beekeepers are continuing their fight to produce the world's purest honey with little improvement three years on from destructive bushfires.

Brenton Davis bought his business, Island Beehive, about two-and-a-half years ago from his father, Peter.

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More beehives will be destroyed in New South Wales after a new detection of varroa mite prompted the expansion of an eradication zone.

The mite was discovered in a hive at a property near Cessnock, north-west of Newcastle.

The property is located in the surveillance, or "purple" zone, just outside the "red" eradication zone.

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Authorities will begin baiting feral bees in a single red eradication zone next week, more than three months after varroa mite was detected at the Port of Newcastle.

While destroying feral hives has been a key part of the NSW government's varroa mite eradication strategy, the Department of Primary Industries (DPI) said it had been unable to do that while there were managed hives in the zones.

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Secretary of Queensland Beekeepers Association Jo Martin said warmer weather and unseasonal rain had led to a boom in European honey bees. 

"As soon as trees start to blossom, it signals the start of those worker bees and Queen to build those population numbers."

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Researchers have been forced to euthanase 250 of their breeding and production bee colonies after a varroa mite incursion near a facility in NSW's Hunter region.

Varroa mite, which has devastated bee colonies around the world, has been detected at Butterwick, less than 10 kilometres from Tocal Agricultural College.

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When Leisa and Tony Sams bought a farm and set about reconnecting bushland that had been divided for a century, they never imagined where it would lead them.

Seven years later, they are producing an award-winning range of pure raw honey infused with flavours including organic ginger, turmeric, lemon myrtle, rose petals, chilli, cinnamon, lavender, finger lime, vanilla beans, truffle, and black garlic.

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Two-and-a-half months after varroa destructor was detected in New South Wales, another exotic honey bee pest has been found in the state for the first time. 

Braula fly, endemic in Tasmania and every continent in the world, was detected in Victoria during varroa mite surveillance of almond hives last month. 

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Eight weeks out from the varroa parasite outbreak, NSW has eased restrictions on the movement of thousands of pollinating beehives, but the decision comes too late for many almond growers.

The NSW Agriculture Minister Dugald Saunders said he was confident varroa mite is being controlled and has scrapped the yellow notification zones set up around infected properties.

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Backyard beekeeping is booming, but with the world's worst bee parasite on our doorstep, could well-meaning enthusiasts bring down Queensland's honey industry? 

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New South Wales Agriculture Minister Dugald Saunders is confident that authorities can eliminate the varroa mite from the state, despite relaxing a lockdown on the movement of beehives in low-risk areas.

Varroa destructor was first detected in surveillance hives in the port of Newcastle late last month and has now been found at 40 properties across New South Wales, including near Narrabri, 400 kilometres from the original site.

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