Time for AFB Agency to Cost-Analyse New Tech
Wairarapa beekeeper and ApiNZ board member Stu Ferguson is an innovator, and has been thinking over a new plan for tackling AFB...
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John Smart
- Nov 3, 2022
- 2 min
Price – It’s Not a Sustainable Unique Selling Point
Now, as much as ever, the issue of capturing maximum value for New Zealand’s range of honey varieties is front of industry discussions...
Frank Lindsay
- Oct 1, 2022
- 3 min
Keep the AFB Dogs Research Alive – Your Help is Needed
Without funding, research into the viability of AFB sniffer dogs is likely to go by the wayside, but SNIBG are proposing a solution...
Nigel Costley
- Feb 26, 2022
- 1 min
AFB Dogs – Scepticism Warranted?
Former AFB recognition tutor Nigel Costley poses an "acid question" on the role of AFB dogs and their recent research...
Nick Milne
- Nov 2, 2021
- 3 min
Today’s Beekeeping Industry – an Insider’s View
As a queen breeder I get to speak directly with a lot of beekeepers throughout the country. Clearly there are some big changes happening...
Roger Bray
- Oct 3, 2021
- 3 min
Bee Welfare Code – a Marketer’s Tick-Box, or More?
Following six years of Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) investigation, through Landcare Research’s Colony Loss Survey which...
Phil Caskey
- Aug 31, 2021
- 3 min
Collective Constraint Needed to Reduce Risk
Manuka marketing expert Phil Caskey offers his opinion on the concept of a collective of honey suppliers partnering with an offshore packer
Russell Marsh
- Aug 31, 2021
- 5 min
Exploring the Dynamics of a Honey Co-op
There is probably none better placed to understand the dynamics behind a beekeeping co-operative or “collective” as Russell Marsh.
John Hartnell
- Aug 3, 2021
- 4 min
Exploring the Alternative – building sustainable market opportunities
With honey stacking up inside beekeepers’ sheds all around New Zealand, experienced honey exporter JOHN HARTNELL offers a potential solution
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