Moves are underway to bring the beekeeping clubs of New Zealand together into a national organisation that could provide a better avenue for reaching many of the country’s 7000 hobbyist beekeepers, and create strength in numbers for bee clubs. Led by Auckland Beekeepers Club president Ken Brown, a group comprising representatives from 16 clubs has met online and since then 29 clubs from all corners of the country have been invited to another pivotal online meeting, scheduled

Stories of decades of dedication to beekeeping, wise counsel, and the odd beekeeping-quip marked an evening of much enjoyment for the...

Frances Beech is down to two hives now – a standard Langstroth and a 30-frame long-bar – where there once was 20...

John Trevena is a man dedicated to improving beekeeping knowledge, & recently communicating with fellow beekeepers got profoundly easier...

At 90 years-of-age, how many beehives do you plan to keep? We catch up with an Auckland beekeeping stalwart still going strong at 89...

In his 20s Graham Heaven got a glimpse of beekeeping and thought he might like it. Almost 50 years on he is finally pursuing that interest.

For this month’s Club Catch-Up we drop in on a mead-making session hosted by the Marlborough Beekeepers Association (MBA) in Blenheim to lea