Southern Beekeepers’ “Nightmare” Weather
This spring, beekeepers in the deep south have been forced to battle through the elements as snow dumps and record September rainfall made..
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Patrick Dawkins
Nov 35 min read
New Zealand Beekeeping Inc Industry Strategy – Competing or Complementary?
Critical of ApiNZ’s Honey Strategy 2024-2030 since its release, fellow industry body NZ Beekeeping Inc are workshopping their own strategy.
Bruce Roscoe
Nov 311 min read
Talk to the Elephants – and Enlarge the View of the Blinkered Honey Strategies
Though at once a symbol of disunity, the competing strategies of ApiNZ and NZ Beekeeping Inc betray a shared sense of crisis...
Maggie James
Nov 36 min read
The Face Behind the Facebook
Curious as to the motivation, remuneration and hours required to be an administrator of Backyard Beekeeping NZ’s Facebook page, we meet admi
John Berry
Nov 35 min read
John Berry on Swarming
Swarming is how hives reproduce, it has been an essential part of bees lives for millennia. It is, however, not an essential part of beekeep
Dave Black
Nov 37 min read
A Mite-y Problem
Ahead of an upcoming series on breeding bees for varroa sensitive hygiene (VSH), science writer Dave Black summarises where we've got to...
Bruce Roscoe
Nov 22 min read
NZ Honey Industry "In Deep Crisis for Survival", Comvita Tells Shareholder Meeting
The New Zealand honey industry is in "deep crisis for survival", stabilisation will take "several years", the United States has overtaken...
Aimz
Nov 23 min read
Good Vibes
"Enthusiasm is contagious ... Something is catching, but what exactly?" The buzz of Aimz's new career is rubbing off on others...
Ian Fletcher
Nov 24 min read
Treaty Principles
What does Ian Fletcher make of the ACT Party's Treat Principles Bill? Find out in his Views from Outside the Apiary...
Pike Stahlmann-Brown
Nov 21 min read
A 2024 NZ Colony Loss Survey Update & Reminder
Col Loss Survey author Pike Stahlmann-Brown gives beekeepers who haven’t yet completed the survey this gentle nudge, just weeks out from the
James Corson
Nov 22 min read
“Oh Sugar, Honey, Honey…”
Having sold up his beekeeping business of “many” years, James Corson has headed north to “see what the rest of the world is doing."...
Campbell Naish
Nov 12 min read
UMFHA Celebrates NZ Mānuka Honey Day
UMFHA explain their promotional concept "New Zealand Mānuka Honey Day", celebrated November 4...
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