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    On the Front Line: Kiwi Expert Aids Aussie Varroa Response
    Patrick Dawkins
    • Aug 2
    • 4 min

    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...
    Varroa: A Personal History
    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
    Promising Varroa Research
    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...
    Set up to Succeed with Your Varroa Treatments – Tips from a Supplier
    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...
    Fruitless Fall and the Third F
    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...
    What is happening with Varroa in New Zealand?
    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...
    Varroa Diaries: Damage Likely Lessened This Autumn
    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?...
    Col Loss at a Glance…
    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?...
    Varroa Diaries: Flanders & Moffett – A Numbers Game
    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...
    Varroa Diaries: Gazzabee Honey – Five Treatments a Year
    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...
    Queens and Varroa Control - We have an open window NOW
    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..
    Under the Microscope: Mitigating Varroa
    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...
    AI Tech Offers Gentle Mite Monitoring
    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...
    Resistance Explained, Beekeepers Urged to Act
    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...

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