The Swedish cloth strips continue to impress us the more we trial them, and from the feedback received from many clients...

When dnature Diagnostics and Research first coined their concept of qPCR testing for American foulbrood (AFB) it was predominantly with swabbing of hive entrances in the field in mind. Nothing stays the same for long in the New Zealand honey industry though and now, as removing spores from export honey becomes a pressing issue, alongside a huge upswing in the trade of used equipment, its value to beekeepers and honey sellers grows.

These words don’t come easy… after three weeks of attending Australian State beekeeping conferences, I am in admiration of the maturity and leadership demonstrated by a group of influential commercial Australian beekeepers on the management of varroa.

Don’t wait, get onto your honey processing equipment repairs and maintenance now – that’s the advice from expert and CrystechNZ manager Jamie Grainger...

Kiwi Labels is doing all they can to help honey brands stand out by telling – and thus selling – their stories...

The conundrum of what to do with plastic frames when it’s time to turn to fresh comb is a challenge New Zealand Beeswax is tackling head on.

Are you in the market for queens? Or perhaps cells, or nucs? Seven of the country's leading breeding programmes define their operations...

If you’ve kept bees for any length of time, you’ve almost certainly seen it – the destructive capabilities of wax moth. Prevention is...

We detail the honey testing journey of the proudly Kiwi-owned Hill Labs and how they are continuing to invest in helping New Zealand honey.

CrystechNZ manager Jamie Grainger reinforces honey producers that, despite the downturn in the honey industry, they are not going anywhere.

While many beekeepers might be having difficulty selling their mānuka honey, Mānuka Orchard’s honey improvement services are booked out...

New Zealand beekeepers have had the benefit of using the Foster Method™™ to assist in identifying American Foulbrood (AFB) in beehives...

For HD Process the clue is in the name – they make sure honey processing operations are running at the top of their game, and to do that...

ADVERTORIAL: STOWERS Beekeepers never know exactly when the honey is going to start flowing, or how much will come flowing in. With that...

At Pharmapac we’re committed to continuous improvement, so we’re always looking for new innovations and developing designs in order to be...

NZ Beeswax general manager Nick Taylor assesses the beekeeping landscape and provides some timely advice for controlling varroa...

Want faster and more consistent build-up of honey bee colonies in spring? What about, continued hive strength through autumn and into winter

What started out as simply “the right way to do things” for Hill Labs founders Roger and Anne Hill, has – over the past 40 years – become...

Kiwi honey producers face competitive market places, both within New Zealand and abroad, and so Kiwi Labels is doing all they can to help...

It’s no secret, the fortunes of the honey industry have taken a dramatic swing in recent seasons. Gone are the halcyon days of the 2010s...