It is now one of the most common tests which honey samples in New Zealand undergo, for both reasons of controlling spread of the disease and market access ...

Hawke’s Bay apiarist John Berry reflects on his history with American foulbrood...

Last month we met Murray and Heidi Rixon and explored their honey extraction setup and beekeeping operation. There's more to their work...

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...

It’s a New Zealand beekeeper’s worst nightmare – burning diseased hives or beekeeping equipment on a large scale. On May 14 Springbank...

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.’...

The potential of an American foulbrood (AFB) preventative treatment or ‘vaccine’ for New Zealand beehives got another big step closer...

After five and a half years of stability at the head of the AFB Management Agency, September saw a new general manager take the reins...

Recently the ABAtE lab has been in full swing hunting down the final pieces of a 'phage cocktail to treat AFB, and now...

Without funding, research into the viability of AFB sniffer dogs is likely to go by the wayside, but SNIBG are proposing a solution...

A mix of detailed in-depth scientific presentation and more generalised discussion over beekeeping and industry matters hallmarked...

We take a deep dive into the tools and technologies available to try and reach AFB elimination...

Unhappy with the timing of the AFB PMP Agency's consultation on the Plan, New Zealand Beekeeping Inc are launching a separate review...

Research into the use of phages as a treatment against AFB has gained more funding, moving it a step closer to field trials...

AFB detector dog research has hit a funding brick wall. Frank Lindsay outlines why and floats a potential solution...

Former AFB recognition tutor Nigel Costley poses an "acid question" on the role of AFB dogs and their recent research...

Could the opportunity to better develop dogs as an AFB detection tool pass beekeepers and the Management Agency by?...

While euthanising hives is surely the most dispiriting aspect of a beekeeper’s work. It is a task which, at times, is unavoidable...

UNDER THE MICROSCOPE: BROUGHT TO YOU BY DNATURE As New Zealand continues to use lockdowns to combat Covid-19, this month our regular dive...