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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


Hawke’s Bay Beekeepers Gather Post-Cyclone
Two months on from Cyclone Gabrielle having its way with the east coast of the North Island, Beekeepers Hawke’s Bay have held their first...
Patrick Dawkins
May 2, 20232 min read


Advances in Varroa Control and How Beekeepers Can Help
Miticide resistance is a hot topic among Kiwi beekeepers. So, in the second of three articles looking at varroa and best management...
Sebastian Owen
May 2, 20233 min read


Lessons from the Road – CrystechNZ
It’s no secret, the fortunes of the honey industry have taken a dramatic swing in recent seasons. Gone are the halcyon days of the 2010s...
Jamie Grainger
May 2, 20233 min read


Discussing Varroa Resistance
With varroa resistance becoming a hot topic around the country, Gisborne beekeepers discussed the issue in their neck of the woods...
John Mackay
May 2, 20233 min read


What Price? The Science of Bee Vaccines
Vaccines have been a ‘hot’ topic around the globe in light of the Covid-19 pandemic, and in the apiculture world research towards American..
Dave Black
May 2, 20234 min read
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