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Quarterly Honey Market Chat - June'23
Now’s the time many beekeepers will be looking to sell their honey – small as many crops might be this year. So, it’s good to bring you...
Patrick Dawkins
May 31, 20235 min read


Takeaways from the Beekeeper’s Day Out in Canterbury
South Island beekeepers got a ‘conference’ of their own on May 21, when around 100 people gathered at Lincoln University to hear experts...
Patrick Dawkins
May 31, 20234 min read


Extended Content Labels – Is Your Honey Label Doing All It Can to Stand Out from the Rest?
Kiwi honey producers face competitive market places, both within New Zealand and abroad, and so Kiwi Labels is doing all they can to help...
Patrick Dawkins
May 31, 20232 min read


Putting New Zealand’s AFB ‘on the Map’
A study into the genomic makeup of AFB in New Zealand has not only unveiled some findings that are at odds with previous research, but put..
Patrick Dawkins
May 31, 20233 min read


Get Apiarist’s Advocate in Print Magazine this Month – Order Now
We are in the processes of laying out our “best of” print magazine from the last six months, are you on the mailing list?
Patrick Dawkins
May 31, 20231 min read


Elec-trickery and the Bee
Science writer Dave Black explores electromagnetics and explains an emerging field of study which, almost certainly, has a profound...
Dave Black
May 31, 20234 min read


Fostering Beekeeper Collaboration
The Tairāwhiti Hub of ApiNZ has been hard at work bringing beekeepers together - BBQs, Zoom meets and, most recently, a well-attended field
Patrick Dawkins
May 31, 20232 min read


Inside Pyramid Apiaries: Take a Break – but Not for Long!
Our monthly peak inside Marlborough beekeeping business Pyramid Apiaries has an 'eco-tour' bent, then time off before some work elsewhere...
Patrick Dawkins
May 31, 20232 min read


Can Mānuka Honey Avoid the Tait of ‘Adulteration’?
Honey adulteration, usually through the addition of sugar syrups, is a major threat to honey producers all around the world, including...
Patrick Dawkins
May 2, 20236 min read


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...
Maggie James
May 2, 20238 min read


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, 20232 min read


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...
Patrick Dawkins
May 2, 20232 min read
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