RNAi Varroa Control
A new way to help honey bees From Our Changing World, Claire Concannon, @cconcannonsci ourchangingworld@rnz.co.nz Varroa destructor mites are bad news for honey bees….
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Varroa Resistance in NZ
Has the destructive varroa been building ‘home-grown’ pesticide resistance in NZ? Jamie Morton A destructive mite plaguing our beekeeping industry may have been building…
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Honey Yield Down in New Zealand
Honey yields expected to see significant drop – Apiculture New Zealand Honey yields are predicted to be well down this season compared with the…
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Bee and Beef Product Booming in New Zealand
Beef and Bee Products Booming During Coronavirus Crisis In New Zealand Catherine Groenestein 09:54, April 1, 2020 Simon O’connor/Stuff CEO and founder of Egmont…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – NZ Honey Levy to Include Comb Honey, and Exclude Small Producers.
Apiculture New Zealand board member and commercial apiarist Russell Marsh, of Ettrick, said the honey commodity levy was most important step the bee industry…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – Honey Goes Hi-Tech: New Tool has Industry Buzzing
With New Zealand’s annual honey exports currently valued at $300 million and growing, a new web-based honey blending tool is set to save…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – Beekeepers at Risk of Going Bust Because the Success of the Manuka Honey Sector has Attracted too Many Hives.
Alan Harman Beekeepers say some in the New Zealand industry are at risk of going bust because the success of the manuka honey sector…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – Australia has a Long History of Producing Manuka Honey Dating Back to the 1930s from Plants Originating in Tasmania.
Alan Harman The Australian government gives a A$165,000 (US$129,562) grant to the Australian Manuka Honey Association to support activities to address issues in international…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – NZ’s Honey Industry is Booming, Which Has Led to Brazen Thefts Which Police Believe May Be The Work of Organized Crime Groups.
By: Sam Hurley New Zealand’s honey industry is losing millions of dollars every year as organised thieves target the hives and manufacturers of the…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – Too Many Bees, No Matter Where, Can Be A Bad Thing for Bees, Beekeepers and Anybody in the Fecal Flight Path.
COUNCIL RULES: Urban beekeeping requires thought for neighbors. Rachel Rose is a local writer, editor, gardener and beekeeper. Sources (and a whole lot more…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – Manuka Honey Goes from Monofloral 5 to Multifloral 1, and Is Now Called Multifloral Manuka Honey.
Ministry For Primary Industries The New Zealand Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) (similar to USDA in US) has reissued the General Requirements for Bee…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – Comvita brings the #1 Manuka Honey brand from New Zealand to over 300 Costco Warehouses in the US.
Comvita Launches in North America Retail, Bringing the #1 Manuka Honey brand from New Zealand to over 300 Costco Warehouses. Comvita, the global leader…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – Good Honey Crop Expected in New Zealand after Dismal 2017.
By: Jamie Gray, NZ Herald The $5 billion-a-year honey New Zealand industry is on its way to recovery after one of its poorest seasons…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – New Christchurch Housing Development Finds Itself Under The Flight Path Of Nearby Bees
Home owners in a new Christchurch housing development are being bombed by yellow poo. Bee poo. The Highsted development houses are getting covered in little yellow streaks…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – Australia, New Zealand Fight Bitter War Over Honey.
Australian honey producers have been stung by the news that New Zealand’s honey industry is in the process of trying to trademark the word…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – Same Plants, Same Honey … So Why Does New Zealand Want To Trademark Manuka?
By: Kit Mochan Same plants, same honey … so why does New Zealand want to trademark manuka? The ongoing fight between Australian and New…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – New Zealand Exports Rise 5%, But Myrtle Rust Shows Up On Manuka.
New Zealand honey exports rose 5% to NZ$330 million (US$229.8 million) in the year ending last June. A Ministry for Primary Industries report…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – NZ Exports Up Nearly 600%, Number Of Beekeepers Nearly Triples
Nina Hindmar Manuka honey can demand as much as $500/lb or more. Apiarists from outside Golden Bay are threatening the bay’s honey industry by…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – Australian Growers Working Have Cloned The Strongest Medical Manuka Honey Available And Produce It On A Medicinal Honey Plantation.
Alan Harman Australian promoters are reported working on a project to clone the strongest medical Manuka honey available and produce it in a…
Read MoreCATCH THE BUZZ – The Number Of Beehives In New Zealand Is Expected To Hit The Million Mark By Christmas.
1,000,000! The number of beehives in New Zealand is expected to hit the million mark by Christmas, and a Dunedin, New Zealand, apiary equipment…
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