Patrick Dawkins

Oct 311 min read

A Honey Industry in the Dark

Looming over a seriously depressed mānuka honey market is what has variously been described as a honey “oversupply’, “stockpile, “surplus”.

Bruce Roscoe

Oct 310 min read

The Honey in the Sheds, and the Sword of Damocles

While the New Zealand Honey industry bandies about vast ranges for potential honey inventory volumes, Bruce Roscoe explores how...

Patrick Dawkins

Oct 35 min read

Comvita’s Freeze Out Hits Honey Suppliers Hard

Where Comvita goes, many beekeepers go, and when they cancelled supply contracts with beekeepers in 2021-22 it sent some out of business...

Patrick Dawkins

Oct 35 min read

Unique Kanuka Honey Testing Available This Summer

There will be a new honey testing lab opening its doors this summer, as The Experiment Company (TEC) moves its kanuka ( Kunzea ericoides...

John Berry

Oct 37 min read

John Berry on Honey Production

There’s nothing more important to the sustainability of most beekeeping operations than the ability to maximise honey production...

Patrick Dawkins

Oct 24 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...

Bruce Roscoe

Oct 23 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...

Dave Black

Oct 27 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?...

Aimz

Oct 14 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...

Ian Fletcher

Oct 14 min read

Local Government Finance

There’s a lot to ‘sort out’ with local government at present, but Ian Fletcher takes his best shot – first diagnosing their ailment...

Patrick Dawkins

Sep 27 min read

Talking Beekeeping in Whanganui

All the main talking points from The Beekeepers Conference 2024.

Patrick Dawkins

Sep 27 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...