Through Good & Bad – The Rawsons’ 5 Generations of Beekeeping, Business Survival & Diversification
To survive and evolve through beekeeping for over 100 years and now into a fifth generation a business must be adaptable, reacting...
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Patrick Dawkins
- May 2
- 2 min
Beekeepers Invited to Have a ‘Day Out’ in Canterbury
While ApiNZ's conference in Rotorua in June is once again set to be the most well attended event on the beekeeping calendar South Island...
Patrick Dawkins
- May 2
- 2 min
MPI Seek Extended Use of Neonicotinoid
An application by MPI to extend the use of a neonicotinoid insecticide fatal to honey bees has drawn opposition from NZ Beekeeping Inc...
Ian Fletcher
- May 2
- 4 min
The Problem with MPI
Following honey industry complaints about MPI processes last month, experienced bureaucrat Ian Fletcher explores some of MPI's workings...
Patrick Dawkins
- May 2
- 2 min
Hawke’s Bay Beekeepers Gather Post-Cyclone
Two months on from Cyclone Gabrielle having its way with the east coast of the North Island, Beekeepers Hawke’s Bay have held their first...
Sebastian Owen
- May 2
- 3 min
Advances in Varroa Control and How Beekeepers Can Help
Miticide resistance is a hot topic among Kiwi beekeepers. So, in the second of three articles looking at varroa and best management...
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...
John Mackay
- May 2
- 3 min
Discussing Varroa Resistance
With varroa resistance becoming a hot topic around the country, Gisborne beekeepers discussed the issue in their neck of the woods...
Dave Black
- May 2
- 4 min
What Price? The Science of Bee Vaccines
Vaccines have been a ‘hot’ topic around the globe in light of the Covid-19 pandemic, and in the apiculture world research towards American..
Patrick Dawkins
- May 2
- 2 min
Readers Can Get on the List for a Winter Print Magazine Now
Apiarist's Advocate's print magazine will soon be released again - are you on the mailing list?
Patrick Dawkins
- May 2
- 3 min
A Regular Insight Into Beekeeping Operations
Welcome to a new column for Apiarist’s Advocate – Inside Pyramid Apiaries. We want to give readers, who will be a mix of large and small...
Patrick Dawkins
- Apr 1
- 5 min
Can MPI’s Fees be Curbed?
Spiralling compliance costs have long been a bone of contention between members of the apiculture industry and MPI...
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