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New Global Mānuka Trademark Campaign Launched in Seven Markets
The Mānuka Charitable Trust (MCT) has filed wild-card mānuka honey trademark applications in New Zealand, Australia, China, Europe...
Bruce Roscoe
Mar 315 min read


NZBI Convene Industry Roundtable Meeting
With matters of apiculture industry representation up in the air, New Zealand Beekeeping Incorporated (NZBI) are moving to gather key...
Patrick Dawkins
Mar 312 min read


Honey Sellers Report from the “El Dorado” of Natural Products
In March at least half a dozen New Zealand honey marketers put their best foot forward at one of America’s biggest trade shows, Natural...
Patrick Dawkins
Mar 314 min read


Wasp, Did You Say?
It’s out of honey harvest and into pest control for second-generation beekeeper ‘Aimz’ as the seasons turn in the Bay of Plenty…
Aimz
Mar 313 min read


Colony Loss Results are In
The NZ Colony Loss Survey Summary 2024.
Patrick Dawkins
Mar 310 min read


John Berry on Wintering Down
As with all things related to beekeeping, there are many right ways to do things, but this is how I conduct my wintering down of beehives...
John Berry
Mar 314 min read


Magnetic Entanglement
It’s all around us, all the time, and as humans we have come to rely on Earth’s magnetic field for navigation. Is it the same for bees...
Dave Black
Mar 315 min read


Welcome to Our Words
The Red Heart company of Kobe, a port city southwest of Osaka, has trademarked "Kia Ora" as a logo for its "Back to Basics" range of cat...
Bruce Roscoe
Mar 312 min read


Letters to the Editor - April '25
Letters to the Editor from Dr Melissa Oddie and Jane Lorimer.
Patrick Dawkins
Mar 312 min read


A Visit to Betta Bees Part 2 – More than Meets the Eye
While instrumental insemination of queen bees is one of Betta Bees Research’s main points of difference as a honey bee breeding programme...
Maggie James
Mar 313 min read


UMF ‘No’ Vote Makes for Uncertain Future
A spanner of gigantic proportions was thrown into the works of beekeeping and honey industry bodies UMF Honey Association and Apiculture NZ
Patrick Dawkins
Mar 46 min read


“Huge” and “Shocking” Levels of Hive Mortality has US Beekeepers Scrambling
As beekeepers across the United States of America assessed their hives in January and February for the first time in the northern...
Patrick Dawkins
Mar 47 min read
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