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Rotorua Honey Bee Club: “Every Club Needs It’s Members, but a Club Without Volunteers is Nothing”
This month, Maggie James chats with the Rotorua Honey Bee Club , which has a major emphasis on mentoring, all aspects of bee education...
Maggie James
Mar 2, 20245 min read


A Pollen Puzzle
Opening up a bee hive to see the variety of different pollens collected is something all beekeepers experience at certain times of the year.
Dave Black
Mar 2, 20245 min read


A Beekeeping Horror Story…
This month’s look Inside Pyramid Apiaries in Marlborough takes a satirical turn to the dark side writes owner-beekeeper Patrick Dawkins...
Patrick Dawkins
Mar 2, 20245 min read


Caption Comp!
Send us your best caption ideas for this sweet moment and be in to win...
beth180
Feb 29, 20241 min read


A Bounce-Back Honey Season
Beekeeper reports on the 2023-24 honey season are rolling in and "above average" is a common refrain...
Patrick Dawkins
Feb 3, 20247 min read


Honey Market Chat, February ‘24
The Quarterly Honey Market Chat is a space for ‘honey buyers’ to connect and inform honey producers – the beekeepers. Here’s what...
Patrick Dawkins
Feb 3, 20243 min read


Building America’s Biggest Queen Breeding Programme
Can you imagine producing more than 10,000 mated queen bees a week, or 365,000 total across a season? That huge work load was the reality...
Patrick Dawkins
Feb 3, 202410 min read


Wasp Hunter Needs Beekeepers’ Help
Ever thought that wasps were good for nothing? Have you wondered why they were put on the planet? If you are a beekeeper you might have...
Patrick Dawkins
Feb 3, 20244 min read


Familiar Foes – But Which is Worse?
Some recent published work is a trigger back to 10 years ago for Kiwi beekeepers and 2 words ceranae and passim, as in Nosema ceranae and...
John Mackay
Feb 3, 20243 min read


Brood Interruptions Book Review
Book review of Summer Brood Interruption for Vital Honey Bee Colonies: Towards sustainable varroa control using biotechnical methods.
Patrick Dawkins
Feb 3, 20243 min read


Southern Satisfaction – Southland Bee Society Going from Strength to Strength
Being based in one of the southernmost cities in the world can make for challenging beekeeping conditions, but the Southland Bee Society...
Maggie James
Feb 3, 20245 min read


A Five-Eyes Partnership
Did you know that honey bees’ eyes are essential to their ability to fly? Science writer Dave Black takes a deep look into the eyes of...
Dave Black
Feb 3, 20245 min read
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