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Patrick Dawkins
Nov 30, 20242 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...

Patrick Dawkins
Sep 1, 20244 min read
Millions of Plastic Frames Saved from Landfill
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.


Patrick Dawkins
Aug 2, 20249 min read
Queen Breeders Feature
Are you in the market for queens? Or perhaps cells, or nucs? Seven of the country's leading breeding programmes define their operations...


Patrick Dawkins
Jul 1, 20242 min read
Help Now on Hand to Beat Wax Moth
If you’ve kept bees for any length of time, you’ve almost certainly seen it – the destructive capabilities of wax moth. Prevention is...


Meghan Stannett
Jun 2, 20242 min read
Hill Labs’ Honey Testing Journey: Advancing Quality and Innovation
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.


Jamie Grainger
May 1, 20243 min read
CrystechNZ – Honey Extraction and Processing Experts at Your Service
CrystechNZ manager Jamie Grainger reinforces honey producers that, despite the downturn in the honey industry, they are not going anywhere.


Patrick Dawkins
Mar 29, 20243 min read
Mānuka Orchard – Helping Beekeepers Take Control
While many beekeepers might be having difficulty selling their mānuka honey, Mānuka Orchard’s honey improvement services are booked out...


Patrick Dawkins
Mar 2, 20243 min read
The Foster Method™: A Game-Changer in Beekeeping’s War Against AFB
New Zealand beekeepers have had the benefit of using the Foster Method™™ to assist in identifying American Foulbrood (AFB) in beehives...


Patrick Dawkins
Dec 31, 20233 min read
A Winning Process
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...


Patrick Dawkins
Dec 1, 20234 min read
Stowers – Drumming up Beekeeper Partnerships
ADVERTORIAL: STOWERS Beekeepers never know exactly when the honey is going to start flowing, or how much will come flowing in. With that...

Pharmapac
Nov 1, 20233 min read
New Innovations and Designs
At Pharmapac we’re committed to continuous improvement, so we’re always looking for new innovations and developing designs in order to be...


Nick Taylor
Sep 1, 20234 min read
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
Aug 1, 20233 min read
Ultra Bee – Powering Improved Hive Strength
Want faster and more consistent build-up of honey bee colonies in spring? What about, continued hive strength through autumn and into winter


Patrick Dawkins
Jul 3, 20234 min read
Hill Labs – New Name, Same Reliable, Supportive, Responsive, Local and Trusted Honey Testing
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...

Patrick Dawkins
May 31, 20232 min read
Extended Content Labels – Is Your Honey Label Doing All It Can to Stand Out from the Rest?
Kiwi honey producers face competitive market places, both within New Zealand and abroad, and so Kiwi Labels is doing all they can to help...


Jamie Grainger
May 2, 20233 min read
Lessons from the Road – CrystechNZ
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...

Heather Broccard-Bell
Dec 31, 20224 min read
A Brief History of Formic Pro
Formic Pro varroa treatments have become common place, but why? and how do they work to kill both phoretic mites and those in the brood...


Patrick Dawkins
Nov 2, 20223 min read
Humm – Streamlined Honey Testing
In a world where so many business activities are made more efficient by use of the internet, Ecrotek asked, why is honey testing any diff...

Patrick Dawkins
Oct 1, 20223 min read
Aerofast – the Hive Straps That Last
Beekeepers all have their own way of doing things – hive straps are no different. However, in the past 10 years one method has proven more..


John Mackay
Sep 2, 20224 min read
Are You Seeing Signs of Nosema in Your Hives?
As beekeepers we know how to pick AFB, but are you as clued up on the traits of the two nosemas? Spring Dwindling Disease can be devasta...
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