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Em 2023, as autoridades terminaram oficialmente o esfor\u00e7o nacional de erradica\u00e7\u00e3o, deixando os apicultores - especialmente em Nova Gales do Sul - a gerir o parasita por si pr\u00f3prios.<br>Um estudo publicado em 2025 examinou a forma como o sector est\u00e1 a lidar com a situa\u00e7\u00e3o, com base em entrevistas com apicultores comerciais, semicomerciais e amadores. Os tratamentos qu\u00edmicos continuam a ser a estrat\u00e9gia mais comum, incluindo miticidas sint\u00e9ticos como o amitraz e a flumetrina, bem como subst\u00e2ncias org\u00e2nicas como os \u00e1cidos ox\u00e1lico e f\u00f3rmico, o timol e os extractos de l\u00fapulo. Os m\u00e9todos mec\u00e2nicos, incluindo a remo\u00e7\u00e3o dos zang\u00f5es, s\u00e3o conhecidos mas raramente utilizados devido a preocupa\u00e7\u00f5es com o tempo, a praticabilidade e a efic\u00e1cia. 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