Quarterly Honey Market Chat - February '23
A new section where honey buyers offer their commentary on the markets, and where honey producers and buyers can connect...
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John Smart
- Nov 3, 2022
- 2 min
Price – It’s Not a Sustainable Unique Selling Point
Now, as much as ever, the issue of capturing maximum value for New Zealand’s range of honey varieties is front of industry discussions...
Patrick Dawkins
- Nov 3, 2022
- 3 min
Growing Fruitful Clubs
Frances Beech is down to two hives now – a standard Langstroth and a 30-frame long-bar – where there once was 20...
Patrick Dawkins
- Oct 1, 2022
- 9 min
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...
Maggie James
- Oct 1, 2022
- 6 min
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...
Patrick Dawkins
- Sep 2, 2022
- 5 min
Nectar Analysis Project a World First, but Needs Beekeeper Support
Is there a more accurate way to define New Zealand’s – and potentially the World’s – honey varieties? Esteemed honeybee scientist Dr Mark...
Patrick Dawkins
- Aug 2, 2022
- 2 min
‘Beebot’ Implemented to Help Maximise Honey Value
Mānuka Orchard unveiled their new honey sales platform, which aims to link buyers from all over the world with Kiwi producers recently...
Patrick Dawkins
- Jul 3, 2022
- 5 min
Egmont Honey Think Big, Offer Up Honey Contracts
“The 100,000 Hive Project” is what they are calling it. It’s ambitious, a little bit tongue-in-cheek, but a sign of Egmont Honey’s desire to
Patrick Dawkins
- Jul 3, 2022
- 3 min
Export Honey Volumes Declining
While the honey industry continues to work through several years of honey stores, MPI reports a reduction in the main method of moving it...
Phil Evans
- Jul 3, 2022
- 5 min
Honey Compliance an Achievable Challenge
When it comes to food safety, there is a road to a fully-compliant honey industry, believes Waikato beekeeper Phil Evans...
Patrick Dawkins
- Jul 3, 2022
- 3 min
AFB Detective’s Mystery Honey
Francis Proffit claimed top prize in the National Honey Awards club category for his “mystery” honey, but it's his work with AFB that...
Patrick Dawkins
- May 1, 2022
- 5 min
The Non-Compliance Conundrum
You might have seen it, unlabelled honey at the roadside stall or on the local Facebook market place...
Maggie James
- May 1, 2022
- 3 min
The National Honey Competition and Honey Profiling
We take a look at what goes into the search for New Zealand’s top honeys...
Maggie James
- May 1, 2022
- 3 min
Profiling the Honey Profiler – Alessandro Tarentini
From academia in Italy, to a Dutch research farm, then beekeeping in North America, we chart honey judge Alessandro Tarentini's journey...
Patrick Dawkins
- Mar 2, 2022
- 5 min
Beekeepers Predict Average Honey Season
Indications are the 2021-22 honey season is shaping as an average yield. We check in with a wide range of beekeepers and get their "take"...
Darren Bainbridge
- Mar 2, 2022
- 2 min
Honey Sales – Branding Matters
So, you are trying to sell your honey crop ... MyApiary's Darren Bainbridge has some tips in this month's Management Matters column...
Maggie James
- Feb 2, 2022
- 8 min
Brand New Buildings: 30 Years of Hives, Honey and Hard Work
Like any beekeeper who has three decades in business, Jeff Brand has seen the ups and downs of the industry...
Patrick Dawkins
- Nov 30, 2021
- 6 min
Free Trade Returns
With a 16% tariff on Kiwi honey set to be removed when a NZ-UK free trade agreement comes into force, we ask, who will see the benefit?...
Patrick Dawkins
- Nov 2, 2021
- 7 min
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, 2021
- 3 min
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...
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