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AFB Levy on the Increase
The incidence of AFB in managed beehives is on the up and so too is the per-hive annual levy which all New Zealand beekeepers have to pay...
Patrick Dawkins
Dec 31, 20232 min read


Advising Aussies About the ‘Varroa Wave’
In early December New Zealand Beeswax general manager Nick Taylor hit the road in Australia to educate their beekeepers on varroa...
Nick Taylor
Dec 31, 20234 min read


Beeswax Business Lands Beekeeper’s Bounty
One lucky beekeeper scooped Apiarist’s Advocate’s ‘Beekeeper’s Bounty’ in December, scoring hundreds of dollars in beekeeping equipment...
Patrick Dawkins
Dec 31, 20232 min read


Blueskin Bay’s Ideal Ways
Having learnt the ropes of beekeeping on an organic farm in Wisconsin, USA, David Milne’s road to launching Blueskin Bay Honey in Otago...
Maggie James
Dec 31, 20236 min read


A Winning Process
For HD Process the clue is in the name – they make sure honey processing operations are running at the top of their game, and to do that...
Patrick Dawkins
Dec 31, 20233 min read


Intelligent Apiculture Part II – AI’s Arising Issues
Artificial Intelligence is playing an increasingly prominent role in our lives, so science writer Dave Black answers some more key questions
Dave Black
Dec 31, 20236 min read


Moving Towards a Pit Stop
December is a month of two halves when it comes to the workload at Pyramid Apiaries in Marlborough, explains owner Patrick Dawkins...
Patrick Dawkins
Dec 31, 20233 min read


Kanuka Honey Researcher Answers the Big Questions
In 2020 The Experiment Company (TEC) was founded and set out to better understand the qualities of kanuka honey. Now, they are nearing...
Sri Govindaraju
Dec 1, 20237 min read


RMP Audit Changes Are No Guaranteed Win
After more than four years of campaigning, beekeepers holding RMPs for their honey facilities got a hard-fought-for win recently...
Patrick Dawkins
Dec 1, 20233 min read


Managing the AFB Risk in Second-hand Gear
As New Zealand’s registered beehives reduce from a peak of nearly one million to closer to half of that number, a lot of the beekeeping...
Patrick Dawkins
Dec 1, 20235 min read


Big Burn Off in Canterbury
In October several commercial beekeepers assisted the Management Agency in destroying thousands of hives...
Patrick Dawkins
Dec 1, 20231 min read


Championing Ladies in Apiculture
Having recently published her findings on women in apiculture, Sol Tejada joins us to field a few more questions...
Patrick Dawkins
Dec 1, 20236 min read
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