No matter which way the Varroa incursion ends up, it cannot be denied that EVERYTHING changed forever for all Australian beekeepers on Wednesday, 22nd June 2022. 

The biggest of the big bad wolves, Varroa destructor (V. jacobsoni, Tropilaelaps, and Tracheal mites are the other ones) was confirmed to be in NSW and the uncertainty associated with actually having it here, began.