This month Maggie James visits the 1500ha Otago farm of Invermay Agricultural Research Centre, the home of Betta Bees. There she talks...

A short note in time for the shortest month, an ode to ‘little’. After all, my occupation is one of farming tiny livestock, a manipulator...

Beekeepers from many regions of New Zealand are reporting a season of two distinct halves...

Looming in February are votes crucial to the existence and roles of industry groups UMFHA and ApiNZ as a seismic shift in honey industry...

Two beekeepers who were among the group of six who first sat around a table and coined the association that is now UMF share their thoughts

As gears are stepped down in honey production and extraction winds up, some business owners will be steeling themselves to farewell a pro...

Bees are livestock. Like all forms of livestock, they have been subject to selective pressure for a very long time...

There’s a lot going on in a honey bee nest but, if we ignore the actual activity, even with a casual glance the nest construction itself...

BOP beekeeper Aimz buzzes in with her latest update - Waxed.

Former top bureaucrat Ian Fletcher examines the various types of public service in NZ, and identifies where improvements need to be made...

Great Barrier Island beekeeper Colin McLean details his growing concerns at chalkbrood in his beehives, and what he is doing to combat...

Landing in the editor’s inbox this month was mail from an international subscriber – Konstantin Tregubenko, who keeps 40 beehives in Russia.