Did you know that among the kiwifruit orchards in the Bay of Plenty this year will be beehives holding BeeHero sensors? What on the surface may seem like hive-auditing assistance, with the potential to gain beekeepers better pay for their services, could prove to be just the opposite – a company that plays the role of hive broker and removes beekeeping expertise entirely, leaving existing hive owners further impoverished.

Although the definition of kānuka honey may still be up for debate, Sri Govindaraju and Sunil Pinnamaneni of The Experiment Company (TEC) firmly agree on one thing: robust scientific testing and clear, transparent labelling are essential to adding lasting value to the industry. The husband-and-wife team has spent the past five years juggling continents, raising children, and investing their personal savings into developing a one-of-a-kind testing machine and launching a dedic

An invention out of Sweden hopes to make the task of counting mites and interpreting the data easier – by using artificial intelligence...