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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...
John Smart
Nov 3, 20222 min read


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...
Maggie James
Nov 3, 20225 min read


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
Nov 3, 20223 min read


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...
Patrick Dawkins
Nov 3, 20222 min read


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..
John Mackay
Nov 3, 20222 min read


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...
Darren Bainbridge
Nov 3, 20223 min read


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...
Taylor Houston
Nov 2, 20224 min read


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
Nov 2, 20223 min read


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...
Patrick Dawkins
Oct 2, 20229 min read


Apimondia – the Kiwis’ Experience
Among the 12,000 attendees to Apimondia was a small contingent of Kiwis, who report on their experience at the global beekeeping conference.
Patrick Dawkins
Oct 2, 20225 min read


Working Bees the Norway-way
This winter John Berry got the chance to visit his son in Norway and, naturally, the holiday wouldn't be complete without some beekeeping...
John Berry
Oct 2, 20225 min read


What do we Know About What Bees Know?
Dave Black reads the new beekeeping best-seller ‘The Mind of a Bee’, by Lars Chittka and ponders insect minds, cognition and consciousness.
Dave Black
Oct 2, 20225 min read
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