Beekeeping Again, Through Snow and Rain
August is always a crucial month for Kiwi beekeepers, as many hives get their first thorough look over of a new season, but weather can...
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Patrick Dawkins
- Sep 1
- 11 min
The Pragmatic Beekeeper
This spring is the first for 26 years that Tauranga beekeeper Dennis Crowley will not be in the business of bees. We take a look back...
Nick Taylor
- Sep 1
- 4 min
Varroa: Out of the Frying Pan and Into the Fire – Tips from a Supplier
NZ Beeswax general manager Nick Taylor assesses the beekeeping landscape and provides some timely advice for controlling varroa...
Patrick Dawkins
- Sep 1
- 5 min
Quarterly Honey Market Chat - September'23
The Quarterly Honey Market Chat is a space for ‘honey buyers’ to connect and inform producers – the beekeepers. Here’s what they are saying.
Dave Black
- Sep 1
- 4 min
Titbits from a Beekeepers Day Out in Waikato
For the second year running an informative, social and well-organised field day was hosted by New Zealand Beekeeping Inc in Waikato on...
Maggie James
- Sep 1
- 3 min
Dunedin’s Scientific Beekeeper
Otto Hyink has built his small beekeeping business around his family and school hours, and a niche product he produces for beekeepers...
Billy Mulcare
- Sep 1
- 4 min
Dealing with MPI – A Small Business Perspective
Few of us would dispute that our industry is going through difficult times. No matter where we sit in the supply chain...
Dave Black
- Sep 1
- 5 min
Home, Sweet Home
Have you ever thought about the ecology in a honey bee’s hive? Bees are usually the biggest inhabitants, but they are not the only ones...
Ian Fletcher
- Sep 1
- 4 min
China – a Warning
China matters to New Zealand but, as a market place for our products, it is faltering. We need a plan to respond, warns Ian Fletcher...
Patrick Dawkins
- Sep 1
- 2 min
Back in the Hives
Inside Pyramid Apiaries is a monthly insight into operations at Marlborough commercial beekeeping business Pyramid Apiaries...
Patrick Dawkins
- Aug 1
- 5 min
Reviving Betta Bees
Last spring Betta Bees' nearly-two decades of genetic improvement looked at risk of being lost, as shareholders searched for a buyer...
Rae Butler and Dr Linda Newstrom-Lloyd
- Aug 1
- 5 min
Introducing the New Zealand Bee Breeding Association – Join Now
Collective action is one of the best ways for New Zealand beekeepers to win against varroa say those behind a new concept to bring beekeeper
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