21st February 2024 Apiculture NZ / Honey
Key to the strategy are a new export levy, industry body and export standards, as well as the protection of bee health and support for beekeepers.
The dire impact of wet and wild weather last summer on the 2023 honey production season was confirmed today with the publication of the annual MPI Apiculture Monitoring Data.
Associate Agriculture Minister Jo Luxton has officially launched Bee Aware Month 2023, an annual nationwide celebration of bees and their importance to the ecosystem, food chain, and economy.
Planting a range of bee-friendly plants and protecting pollinators was the focus of this year’s World Bee Day on Saturday 20 May.
From 31 May, tariffs on more than 97% of exports to the United Kingdom, including wine, honey, and onions, will be eliminated.
Timaru-based The Mānuka Collective has taken home the Supreme award at the annual Apiculture New Zealand National Honey Competition for the second year in a row.
Hundreds of beekeepers, and others from the apiculture industry, will gather in Christchurch this month for ApiNZ’s sixth annual conference and trade exhibition.
Building a better future for bees is the focus of this year’s World Bee Day on Friday 20 May, says Apiculture New Zealand.
Apiculture New Zealand has successfully secured funding from the Ministry for Primary Industries’ Sustainable Food and Fibre Futures fund, for a two-year project that will help identify how sector can achieve sustainable growth.
The 2021 Apiculture New Zealand Conference will see hundreds of beekeepers and others from the industry gather in Rotorua next month after the event was scuppered by Covid-19 last year.
A record number of New Zealand beekeepers honoured the pollinators and honey makers this World Bee Day on Thursday 20 May.
Climate change, international research trends and the changing global honey market to be discussed at the Apiculture NZ Conference.
Winter loss rates of bee colonies in New Zealand has continued to rise, with deaths increasing for the sixth year in a row.
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