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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 1, 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 1, 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 1, 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 1, 20225 min read


The Beekeeper's Daughters - Where Art Meets the Hive
Art and beekeeping are not your typical pairing of passions, but for Chad Tozer the two are inextricably intertwined...
Taylor Houston
Oct 1, 20224 min read


Keep the AFB Dogs Research Alive – Your Help is Needed
Without funding, research into the viability of AFB sniffer dogs is likely to go by the wayside, but SNIBG are proposing a solution...
Frank Lindsay
Oct 1, 20223 min read


161 Years of NZ Beekeeping in The Blood: Symes Apiaries
John Syme spent all his working life as a beekeeper and, at 82, he still keeps his hand it. Quite simply, it's in the blood...
Maggie James
Oct 1, 20226 min read


Aerofast – the Hive Straps That Last
Beekeepers all have their own way of doing things – hive straps are no different. However, in the past 10 years one method has proven more..
Patrick Dawkins
Oct 1, 20223 min read


How Far and Wide do Our Hives Travel?
In an effort to improve any potential incursion response, Massey University is undertaking a survey of beekeeper's biosecurity practices...
Patrick Dawkins
Oct 1, 20222 min read
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