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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….
Read MoreA 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….
Read MoreHas the destructive varroa been building ‘home-grown’ pesticide resistance in NZ? Jamie Morton A destructive mite plaguing our beekeeping industry may have been building…
Read MoreHoney yields expected to see significant drop – Apiculture New Zealand Honey yields are predicted to be well down this season compared with the…
Read MoreBeef 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…
Read MoreApiculture New Zealand board member and commercial apiarist Russell Marsh, of Ettrick, said the honey commodity levy was most important step the bee industry…
Read MoreWith New Zealand’s annual honey exports currently valued at $300 million and growing, a new web-based honey blending tool is set to save…
Read MoreAlan Harman Beekeepers say some in the New Zealand industry are at risk of going bust because the success of the manuka honey sector…
Read MoreAlan 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…
Read MoreBy: Sam Hurley New Zealand’s honey industry is losing millions of dollars every year as organised thieves target the hives and manufacturers of the…
Read MoreCOUNCIL RULES: Urban beekeeping requires thought for neighbors. Rachel Rose is a local writer, editor, gardener and beekeeper. Sources (and a whole lot more…
Read MoreMinistry For Primary Industries The New Zealand Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) (similar to USDA in US) has reissued the General Requirements for Bee…
Read MoreComvita Launches in North America Retail, Bringing the #1 Manuka Honey brand from New Zealand to over 300 Costco Warehouses. Comvita, the global leader…
Read MoreBy: 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…
Read MoreHome 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…
Read MoreAustralian honey producers have been stung by the news that New Zealand’s honey industry is in the process of trying to trademark the word…
Read MoreBy: Kit Mochan Same plants, same honey … so why does New Zealand want to trademark manuka? The ongoing fight between Australian and New…
Read MoreNew 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…
Read MoreNina 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…
Read MoreAlan Harman Australian promoters are reported working on a project to clone the strongest medical Manuka honey available and produce it in a…
Read More1,000,000! 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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