While the major social event of the New Zealand beekeeping calendar of recent years, Apiculture New Zealand’s (ApiNZ) multi-day national...

Stories of decades of dedication to beekeeping, wise counsel, and the odd beekeeping-quip marked an evening of much enjoyment for the...

Egmont Honey chief executive James Annabell says an “administrative error” on the part of several online retailers which stock their new...

While many beekeepers might be having difficulty selling their mānuka honey, Mānuka Orchard’s honey improvement services are booked out...

In reference to Chalkbrood Explained, in last month’s Advocate. I have a different theory on why we are seeing more Chalkbrood present...

Do honey bees sleep? Almost certainly so, explains science writer Dave Black, but what do they achieve in sleep and how does that compare...

I see this a lot: very knowledgeable operators with decades of experience, hundreds of hives, maybe even a few thousand, extraction plant...

This month’s look Inside Pyramid Apiaries in Marlborough sees the beekeeping season winding down and a bit of ‘off-farm’ income sought...

We had more than a few chuckles at the calibre of cleverness from some of the readers ...

You would be hard pressed to find anyone more enthusiastic about the potential of NZ honey than Maureen Conquer, and now she is sharing h...

“Ambitious”, “bold” and “challenging” was how Apiculture New Zealand’s Honey Strategy 2024-2030 was described by those presenting it on...

We dive deeper into what the new Honey Strategy could mean to different sectors of apiculture with some of the industry’s leaders...