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Queens – Why Bother?
Management Matters – a new series tackling beekeeping and business management, thanks to the expertise of the team at MyApiary...
Andrew Stratford
Nov 30, 20213 min read


Toward Effective Long-Term Varroa Control
Being able to kill or reduce the fecundity of varroa mites “under the cap” is crucial to reducing mite loadings long-term...
Heather Broccard-Bell
Nov 30, 20215 min read


Why Taxes Need to Rise
Apiculture industry consultant and former top bureaucrat Ian Fletcher gives his monthly “Views from Outside the Apiary” as a...
Ian Fletcher
Nov 30, 20213 min read


No Pigeonholing Nelson’s Beekeepers
Apiarists come in all shapes and sizes, ages and stages of life, and the Nelson Beekeeping Club’s membership personifies that...
Patrick Dawkins
Nov 30, 20213 min read


Win Christmas Stocking Stuffers!
Apiarist’s Advocate, along with some of our core advertising supporters, would like to say merry Christmas to our readers by offering up...
Patrick Dawkins
Nov 30, 20212 min read


Editorial: Freeze-dried Honey’s Potential
The delivery of a powdery white substance from the Chatham Islands got the editor thinking...
Patrick Dawkins
Nov 30, 20212 min read


Big Buzz on the Back-Burner … for Now
It was a run-away success in its inaugural staging in 2021, but organisers do not plan to hold The Big Buzz Festival in 2022...
Patrick Dawkins
Nov 29, 20212 min read


November Advertising Deals!
Support those businesses that continue to ensure that beekeeping news, views and promotions are free to all through Apiarist's...
Patrick Dawkins
Nov 9, 20211 min read


Beekeeping and Business Balance on the Chathams
In the competitive honey market, Chatham Islands beekeepers Francesca Bonventre and Kaai Silbery have built a brand and a product with...
Patrick Dawkins
Nov 2, 20217 min read


Clover Honey Prices on the Rise
Clover and light-coloured honey producers will be buoyed by positive signs coming out of several major honey buyers around prices being...
Patrick Dawkins
Nov 2, 20213 min read


Claudine’s Colourful Career
These days Claudine McCormick supervises the laboratory in one of New Zealand’s biggest beekeeping operations, it’s been a long and...
Maggie James
Nov 2, 20219 min read


Beekeeping Businesses Overlook Funding Source
An apiculture management service provider is surprised more beekeepers are not tapping into government funding available for business...
Patrick Dawkins
Nov 2, 20213 min read
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