Randy Oliver to Jet in for Three-Day Beekeeping Conference
Beekeepers need a good get together every winter, and they certainly need any help they can get controlling varroa mites, say organisers...
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Patrick Dawkins
- Jul 1
- 4 min
Not Minding Their Own Beeswax
It was anything but a case of ‘mind your own beeswax’ at the New Zealand Beeswax Free Open Day on June 19 in Hamilton, as around 50...
Maggie James
- Jul 1
- 5 min
The Dynamic Dunedin Duo
Stories of fast-expanding beekeeping businesses are not unique, but how many extend into contract extraction, all manner of queen sales...
Patrick Dawkins
- Jul 1
- 4 min
Notes from the Honey Bee Research Symposium
Beekeepers, scientists and anyone with an interest in honey bees, honey, and the environment they operate in packed into Plant and Food...
Aimz
- Jul 1
- 5 min
A First Time for Everything
You probably remember your first… love? Job? Beehive?...
Raf Augustyn
- Jul 1
- 6 min
UbeeO In Selection for Varroa Resistance
UbeeO is a groundbreaking new tool designed to rapidly and accurately measure a honey bee colony’s level of varroa resistance...
Patrick Dawkins
- Jul 1
- 2 min
Help Now on Hand to Beat Wax Moth
If you’ve kept bees for any length of time, you’ve almost certainly seen it – the destructive capabilities of wax moth. Prevention is...
Patrick Dawkins
- Jul 1
- 3 min
Beekeeper Wellbeing: Weather and Working Outdoors
Subjective wellbeing of New Zealand beekeepers was empirically measured for the first time in the 2023 Colony Loss Survey, with the...
Ian Fletcher
- Jul 1
- 4 min
Infrastructure – Systematic thinking about Systems
It’s been a month where infrastructure has looked fragile. The ferry grounding (and the previous decision to cancel the replacements)...
Patrick Dawkins
- Jul 1
- 3 min
Simple Tasks Can Save AFB Management Agency Big
On a dreary winters day, when beekeepers’ body and minds are both far from hive work, there is a quick and easy task that anyone in New...
Patrick Dawkins
- Jun 2
- 13 min
Fire, Fury and a Whole Lot of Hot Air
It’s a New Zealand beekeeper’s worst nightmare – burning diseased hives or beekeeping equipment on a large scale. On May 14 Springbank...
Patrick Dawkins
- Jun 2
- 4 min
Editorial – New Zealand Beekeeping’s Taste of Modern Media
May 15, 6.29pm, and my cell phone pinged with a text message ‘Paddy and Laura. I hope you are ok with the latest bee-honey drama.’...
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