Patrick Dawkins

DOC’s Treatment a Bitter Pill for Beekeepers

While beekeepers across New Zealand struggle as honey prices sit below the cost of production, some face loss of their best hive sites...

Dave Black

To Bee or Not to Bee – DOC’s Dilemma

The Department of Conservation oversees approximately 8-million hectares of New Zealand’s land, much of it valuable for the purpose of...

John Smart

Price – It’s Not a Sustainable Unique Selling Point

Now, as much as ever, the issue of capturing maximum value for New Zealand’s range of honey varieties is front of industry discussions...

Ian Fletcher

Pricing Agricultural Emissions

What grade does experienced international trade negotiator and now apiculture industry advisor Ian Fletcher give the Government's new emi..

Maggie James

The Beekeeper with Innovative Engineering Touch

John Syme's contribution to beekeeping has not just been in the hives and the Syme name is also associated with honey extraction and...

Patrick Dawkins

Growing Fruitful Clubs

Frances Beech is down to two hives now – a standard Langstroth and a 30-frame long-bar – where there once was 20...

Patrick Dawkins

Printed Magazine Back in Time for Christmas – Order Now!

Print Reads is back this December! Find out what you can expect in Apiarist's Advocate's second printed magazine in 2022 and how to order...

John Mackay

The Damning Debilitating Disaster of Deformed Wing Virus

Much the same way we’ve had Alpha, Delta and Omicron variants of the COVID-19 virus, DWV has two major strains. John Mackay explains them..

Darren Bainbridge

What the New China OMAR Can Teach Us About Data Sharing

Battling through some rather swelled eyes, Darren Bainbridge details his run in with a bee while examining new honey export requirements...

Taylor Houston

AFB 'Vaccine’ Researchers Seek Beekeeper Input

Recently the ABAtE lab has been in full swing hunting down the final pieces of a 'phage cocktail to treat AFB, and now...

Patrick Dawkins

Humm – Streamlined Honey Testing

In a world where so many business activities are made more efficient by use of the internet, Ecrotek asked, why is honey testing any diff...

Patrick Dawkins

Honey Price Slump Shows No Quick Let Up

Beekeepers hoping for increases in honey prices offered up by buyers in the coming season were given little hope during a recent meeting...