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...
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Patrick Dawkins
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- 3 min
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
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- 4 min
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
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- 2 min
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
- 3 min
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
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- 4 min
A Brief History of Formic Pro
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Patrick Dawkins
- Nov 2, 2022
- 3 min
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, 2022
- 3 min
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, 2022
- 4 min
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...
Nick Taylor
- Aug 2, 2022
- 4 min
Set up to Succeed with Your Varroa Treatments – Tips from a Supplier
If you are feeling like varroa is getting a little bit tougher to manage every year, you are not alone, says NZ Beeswax's general manager...
Patrick Dawkins
- Jun 2, 2022
- 3 min
Advertorial: CrystechNZ – High Quality Equipment for High Quality Honey
For New Zealand beekeepers to produce the World’s best honey, they need the highest quality equipment in processing and extracting...
Patrick Dawkins
- May 1, 2022
- 4 min
MyApiary: Beekeeping Managed Well
"We want to see people have strong, sustainable family businesses that are making them a lot of money," says MyApiary's Darren Bainbridge...
Patrick Dawkins
- Mar 31, 2022
- 5 min
Mānuka Orchard: Honey Services that Bear Fruit
ADVERTORIAL – The concept of Manuka Orchard was seeded nearly three years ago and ever since he has provided fruit for Kiwi beekeepers...
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