Victoria's Box-Ironbark - Govt response Feb 2002

[Frank O'Connor <>]

At 23:08 28/02/2002 +1000, Scott O'Keeffe wrote:
> Do they occupy hollows?  Yes?  Then they are in competition with something,
> native bee, bird or animal.  What may be less clear is the ecological
> significance of this.  Does anyone have any knowledge of research that has
> been done on this?
Feral bees are a significant problem for breeding Red-tailed 
Black-Cockatoos in the south west.  Ron Johnstone at the WA Museum and 
others have been researching the black cockatoss in the south west.  I 
don't know if this has been formally published yet.
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