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Mānuka Honey: What Went Wrong? And a Road to Recovery
Mānuka honey pioneer Phil Caskey shares his vision for a better UMF™ brand and a better mānuka honey industry...
Phil Caskey
Dec 2, 202410 min read


A Hot Topic – UMF Honey Standards
A recent survey of UMF™ branded mānuka honey in China and Singapore by UMFHA returned what has been described as “an alarming number of...
Patrick Dawkins
Dec 2, 20243 min read

Learn From Chocolate, So Honey Doesn't Have to Take the Heat
Based on the experience of long hot Tokyo days and nights, Bruce Roscoe outlines the measures traders and distributors can take to protect..
Bruce Roscoe
Dec 2, 20245 min read


Trump Card
Will the Trump Restoration make any difference to New Zealand’s place in the world? How will it shape our domestic politics and debate?...
Ian Fletcher
Dec 1, 20244 min read


Coriolis Report Review
Honey was one of New Zealand's "major success stories" and "can be again", Tim Morris of boutique market research firm Coriolis writes...
Bruce Roscoe
Dec 1, 20246 min read


Year-end Thanks!
Thanks for reading in 2024 and thankyou to our Gold advertisers who make your free source of beekeeping news, views and promotions possible.
Patrick Dawkins
Dec 1, 20241 min read


How Many Can You Name?
Here’s one for the long-time beekeepers of New Zealand – how many of the beekeepers in John Berry’s “class photo” of 1976 can you name?
Patrick Dawkins
Dec 1, 20241 min read


John Berry on Cell Raising
Like most things beekeeping there are innumerable ways of raising cells and one method is not necessarily better than another...
John Berry
Nov 30, 20247 min read


The Language School
It’s a welcome sign to any beekeeper – and, surely, to their bees too – the ‘waggle dance’ that signifies a nectar flow...
Dave Black
Nov 30, 20245 min read

Extended Content Labels – Is Your Honey Label Doing All It Can to Stand Out from the Rest?
Kiwi Labels is doing all they can to help honey brands stand out by telling – and thus selling – their stories...
Patrick Dawkins
Nov 30, 20242 min read


Pollination Initiation 2024
It's been a busy month in the Bay of Plenty, but first-season beekeeper Aimz has managed to find a few moments to recap a period where...
Aimz
Nov 30, 20243 min read


ApiNZ and UMF Honey Association Positioning to Merge
A new dawn in New Zealand beekeeper and honey exporter collaboration looks likely in 2025, with industry groups ApiNZ and UMFHA proposing...
Patrick Dawkins
Nov 29, 20244 min read
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