On the Front Line: Kiwi Expert Aids Aussie Varroa Response
Helping inform those on the ground at Australia's varroa incursion response HQ has been Kiwi varroa expert Michelle Taylor who recaps a...
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John Berry
- Aug 2
- 9 min
Varroa: A Personal History
Like many Kiwi apiarists, John Berry has battled varroa for over 20 years now. This is his history, in his words with the honeybee parastite
John Mackay
- Aug 2
- 3 min
Promising Varroa Research
Lithium? CO2? John Mackay shares some intriguing varroa research in his monthly Under the Microscope column...
Nick Taylor
- Aug 2
- 4 min
Set up to Succeed with Your Varroa Treatments – Tips from a Supplier
If you are feeling like varroa is getting a little bit tougher to manage every year, you are not alone, says NZ Beeswax's general manager...
James Corson
- Aug 2
- 3 min
Fruitless Fall and the Third F
“Jesse” James Corson, better known for the keeping of bees in Canterbury, continues to take us along on his epic motorbike trip...
John Mackay
- Jun 1
- 2 min
What is happening with Varroa in New Zealand?
John Mackay has heard many anecdotes around varroa this season, and a new group will form to try and help answer some key questions...
Patrick Dawkins
- Mar 31
- 3 min
Varroa Diaries: Damage Likely Lessened This Autumn
This time last year beehives were dying in much larger numbers than usual in several North Island regions. So, what's the situation now?...
John Mackay
- Mar 30
- 3 min
Col Loss at a Glance…
John Mackay looks at the Colony Loss Survey results released recently and asks, should we be alarmed?...
Patrick Dawkins
- Mar 2
- 3 min
Varroa Diaries: Flanders & Moffett – A Numbers Game
We learn how one Hawke's Bay business is playing the numbers game to control varroa, by limiting brood boxes and hives per apiary...
Patrick Dawkins
- Feb 2
- 3 min
Varroa Diaries: Gazzabee Honey – Five Treatments a Year
We begin a new series of stories cataloguing beekeepers’ efforts to best manage varroa in their hives. First up, Gazzabees Honey...
Andrew Stratford
- Feb 2
- 3 min
Queens and Varroa Control - We have an open window NOW
If you’re procrastinating or tired from a busy season, you may need to act fast, warns Andrew Stratford in this month's Management Matters..
John Mackay
- Jan 2
- 3 min
Under the Microscope: Mitigating Varroa
This month, we look at some new pieces of work on ways of potentially mitigating some of the effects of varroa...
Patrick Dawkins
- Nov 30, 2021
- 5 min
AI Tech Offers Gentle Mite Monitoring
An invention out of Sweden hopes to make the task of counting mites and interpreting the data easier – by using artificial intelligence...
Patrick Dawkins
- Aug 3, 2021
- 5 min
Resistance Explained, Beekeepers Urged to Act
Despite beekeepers voicing concerns for several years, varroa’s genetic resistance to miticide treatments in New Zealand has not yet been...