Mānuka Honey: What Went Wrong? And a Road to Recovery
Mānuka honey pioneer Phil Caskey shares his vision for a better UMF™ brand and a better mānuka honey industry...
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Patrick Dawkins
Dec 23 min read
A Hot Topic – UMF Honey Standards
A recent survey of UMF™ branded mānuka honey in China and Singapore by UMFHA returned what has been described as “an alarming number of...
Bruce Roscoe
Dec 25 min read
Learn From Chocolate, So Honey Doesn't Have to Take the Heat
Based on the experience of long hot Tokyo days and nights, Bruce Roscoe outlines the measures traders and distributors can take to protect..
Ian Fletcher
Dec 14 min read
Trump Card
Will the Trump Restoration make any difference to New Zealand’s place in the world? How will it shape our domestic politics and debate?...
Bruce Roscoe
Dec 16 min read
Coriolis Report Review
Honey was one of New Zealand's "major success stories" and "can be again", Tim Morris of boutique market research firm Coriolis writes...
Patrick Dawkins
Dec 11 min read
Year-end Thanks!
Thanks for reading in 2024 and thankyou to our Gold advertisers who make your free source of beekeeping news, views and promotions possible.
Patrick Dawkins
Dec 11 min read
How Many Can You Name?
Here’s one for the long-time beekeepers of New Zealand – how many of the beekeepers in John Berry’s “class photo” of 1976 can you name?
John Berry
Nov 307 min read
John Berry on Cell Raising
Like most things beekeeping there are innumerable ways of raising cells and one method is not necessarily better than another...
Dave Black
Nov 305 min read
The Language School
It’s a welcome sign to any beekeeper – and, surely, to their bees too – the ‘waggle dance’ that signifies a nectar flow...
Patrick Dawkins
Nov 302 min read
Extended Content Labels – Is Your Honey Label Doing All It Can to Stand Out from the Rest?
Kiwi Labels is doing all they can to help honey brands stand out by telling – and thus selling – their stories...
Aimz
Nov 303 min read
Pollination Initiation 2024
It's been a busy month in the Bay of Plenty, but first-season beekeeper Aimz has managed to find a few moments to recap a period where...
Patrick Dawkins
Nov 294 min read
ApiNZ and UMF Honey Association Positioning to Merge
A new dawn in New Zealand beekeeper and honey exporter collaboration looks likely in 2025, with industry groups ApiNZ and UMFHA proposing...
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