What is happening with Varroa in New Zealand?

John Mackay has heard many anecdotes around varroa this season, and a new group will form to try and help answer some key questions...

The Budget and the Economy – Have We Done Enough?

Apiculture industry consultant and former top bureaucrat Ian Fletcher gives his “Views from Outside the Apiary” – on the budget and economy.

The Big Move

Given only a matter of weeks to move their hives and with it their club headquarters, the Auckland Beekeepers Club were left scrambling...

Mighty May Deals

Explore the mighty-May-collage of advertising deals, thanks to Apiarist's Advocate's advertisers – bringing New Zealand beekeepers free,...

The Non-Compliance Conundrum

You might have seen it, unlabelled honey at the roadside stall or on the local Facebook market place...

Research Project to Shine a Light on Industry Struggles

How should the apiculture industry move forward? A project to be soon undertaken by ApiNZ will look to answer that...

Husband, Father, Beekeeper – Ian Berry

Ian Berry died recently, having played an integral role in beekeeping enterprise Arataki Honey. Son John reflects on Ian's beekeeping life.

Inside Ashburton Apiaries

We take a look around the sheds of the well-established Ashburton Apiaries and get an insight into their family business...

The National Honey Competition and Honey Profiling

We take a look at what goes into the search for New Zealand’s top honeys...

Profiling the Honey Profiler – Alessandro Tarentini

From academia in Italy, to a Dutch research farm, then beekeeping in North America, we chart honey judge Alessandro Tarentini's journey...

Bees, Business, Family and now … the Club

Ensuring balance between family, his beekeeping business and the local bee club has been Nick Watkins' challenge since joining the club...

Three Waters

The Government’s ‘Three Waters’ reform of water, sewerage and stormwater arrangements is ambitious, complicated and controversial...