Beekeepers need a good get together every winter, and they certainly need any help they can get controlling varroa mites, say organisers...

It was anything but a case of ‘mind your own beeswax’ at the New Zealand Beeswax Free Open Day on June 19 in Hamilton, as around 50...

Stories of fast-expanding beekeeping businesses are not unique, but how many extend into contract extraction, all manner of queen sales...

Beekeepers, scientists and anyone with an interest in honey bees, honey, and the environment they operate in packed into Plant and Food...

You probably remember your first… love? Job? Beehive?...

UbeeO is a groundbreaking new tool designed to rapidly and accurately measure a honey bee colony’s level of varroa resistance...

If you’ve kept bees for any length of time, you’ve almost certainly seen it – the destructive capabilities of wax moth. Prevention is...

Subjective wellbeing of New Zealand beekeepers was empirically measured for the first time in the 2023 Colony Loss Survey, with the...

It’s been a month where infrastructure has looked fragile. The ferry grounding (and the previous decision to cancel the replacements)...

On a dreary winters day, when beekeepers’ body and minds are both far from hive work, there is a quick and easy task that anyone in New...

It’s a New Zealand beekeeper’s worst nightmare – burning diseased hives or beekeeping equipment on a large scale. On May 14 Springbank...

May 15, 6.29pm, and my cell phone pinged with a text message ‘Paddy and Laura. I hope you are ok with the latest bee-honey drama.’...