ApiNZ-affiliated beekeeping clubs & hubs throughout the country are busy this month, not just taking care of their hives but working with their local communities to celebrate Bee Aware Month and the importance of the humble honey bee. If you are new to beekeeping and would like the support of experienced beekeepers in your community, joining [...]
Photo from Midlands Duncan Storrier is a director at Midlands Holdings. Midlands Apiaries provide between 3,000 and 3,500 beehives for natural and efficient pollination of specialty seed and fruit crops throughout Canterbury. How long have you been keeping bees for? Midlands has been keeping bees for 12 years. Can you tell me a little background [...]
Throughout the month we're sharing ApiNZ member & trained chef Maureen Conquer's delicious recipes here. We also welcome you to share your favourite recipes using honey, bee products and/or pollinated foods, tagging us on Facebook and using the hashtag #beewarenz17! To see all recipes, go to Cooking with Honey. Chili Honey Slow Roasted Tomatoes 6 [...]
Photo by Liam Clayton Barry Foster is one of the ApiNZ's board members representing the commercial sector and a beekeeper himself. How long have you been keeping bees for? Since the 1970s and on a full time basis since 1984. Can you tell me a little background about yourself, your enterprise and how you [...]
Throughout the month we're sharing ApiNZ member & trained chef Maureen Conquer's delicious recipes here. We also welcome you to share your favourite recipes using honey, bee products and/or pollinated foods, tagging us on Facebook and using the hashtag #beewarenz17! To see all recipes, go to Cooking with Honey. Honey Marshmallows We're starting off the [...]
For the Love of Bees is a citywide project in Auckland that has been live for six months. The steadily growing community is creating some serious momentum towards making Auckland the safest city in the world for bees. You can read more about this initiative on their website here. If you're in the Auckland area [...]
Bring out your bee costumes and gardening gloves – Bee Aware Month (BAM) is nearly here! This September, schools, councils, gardeners and bee enthusiasts all over the country will be getting involved in generating awareness about bees. Apiculture New Zealand (ApiNZ) will run this annual event, a month-long campaign designed to educate New Zealanders about [...]
Launch event: Pollination Illumination at the Treehouse Visitor Centre, Wellington Botanic Garden Sunday, 3 September 2017 | Facebook event link NZ’s mobile science laboratory Lab in a Box will be on site to shed light on our pollinators and a live observational hive will be available for viewing. Drop in anytime between 10am-2pm to play [...]
At the ApiNZ conference in July, ApiNZ member and trained chef Maureen Conquer gave a demonstration on Cooking with Honey, making attendees' mouths water with both savoury and sweet recipes. Here's a photo of Maureen in action at the workshop. Throughout Bee Aware Month, we will be sharing her stunning recipes here. We also welcome [...]
The theme of this year's Bee Aware Month is Pollination Illumination. But how exactly do bees pollinate our food and how can we do our part to help them do their job? The College of Agricultural, Human and Natural Resource Sciences at Washington State University produced an informative video on protecting pollinators. Although it [...]