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John Berry on Honey Production
There’s nothing more important to the sustainability of most beekeeping operations than the ability to maximise honey production...
John Berry
Oct 3, 20248 min read


A COLOSS(al) One-on-One
We catch up with Col-Loss survey author Pike Stahlmann-Brown about what’s new in the 2024 survey and what he learned at the recent EurBee...
Patrick Dawkins
Oct 2, 20244 min read


The Vulnerability of Comvita
If there is truth to the adage that the optimal time to make a securities investment is when there is blood on the streets, the shares of...
Bruce Roscoe
Oct 2, 20243 min read


Our Vegetarian Wasps
We know that bees, including honey bees, require protein to survive and thrive. But, does all that protein come from pollen?...
Dave Black
Oct 2, 20247 min read


Her Majesty
Seeing queen bees on the inside of her eyelids, rookie beekeeper Aimz checks in from the Bay of Plenty as the season ramps up...
Aimz
Oct 1, 20244 min read


Talking Beekeeping in Whanganui
All the main talking points from The Beekeepers Conference 2024.
Patrick Dawkins
Sep 2, 20247 min read


Randy Oliver’s Greatest Hits
The experiences and expertise which Californian scientific-beekeeper Randy Oliver shared were the undoubted highlight of The Beekeepers...
Patrick Dawkins
Sep 2, 20247 min read


UMFHA Terminate “Detracting” Licence Holders
As the mānuka honey price pinch tightens, 26 now former the UMFHA licence holders have had their ability to use the UMF brand revoked...
Patrick Dawkins
Sep 2, 20243 min read


Straining the Alphabet Soup
A short history of the various rating systems for mānuka honey:
TA / NPA / UMF / MGO / MG / MGS / AAH / Pollen Percentage / KFactor / MQS.
Bruce Roscoe
Sep 2, 202411 min read


From Kyiv to Kiwi: A Scientific-Beekeeping Journey
Oleksiy Losyev’s beekeeping journey is a testament to how passion, expertise, and meeting the right person at the right time can merge to...
Jessie Trustum
Sep 1, 20245 min read


John Berry on Aggression
This subject is important to me. When I was young I was working a poorly sited apiary beside a road when a girl walked past. If I close my..
John Berry
Sep 1, 20247 min read


Honey Strategy Update
Six months on from its release, ApiNZ CEO Karin Kos and UMFHA equivalent Tony Wright share the latest on the Honey Industry Strategy...
Tony Wright
Sep 1, 20242 min read
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