New Zealand honey bees will be giving their beekeepers a buzz of thanks this World Bee Day on Wednesday 20th May. World Bee Day was established by the United Nations to raise awareness of the critical importance of bees, and other pollinators to the health of our planet and its people. While in many [...]
Jess Curtis, an 18-year old beekeeping apprentice based in the Cardrona Valley, is the recipient of the 2019 Apiculture New Zealand (ApiNZ) Ron Mossop Youth Scholarship, an award established to encourage young New Zealanders into the apiculture industry. The scholarship covers approved best practice training costs of up to $2000, a one-year membership to [...]
Apiculture New Zealand welcomes the decision by the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) to release the parasitoid insect Pauesia nigrovaria as a biological control agent for the giant willow aphid. “The giant willow aphid is a devastating exotic pest species that has negatively impacted the health of willow trees and by extension the health of bees and [...]
The primary sector welcomes the government’s decision to work with farmers and growers to achieve practical and effective outcomes on climate change under He Waka Eke Noa - the Primary Sector Climate Change Commitment. New Zealand farmers are already world leaders in the highly efficient production of low-emissions food - and we want to [...]
Apiculture New Zealand (ApiNZ) is inviting young people interested in entering the beekeeping industry to apply for the Ron Mossop Youth Scholarship, an annual grant sponsored by Mossop’s Honey and run by ApiNZ. The scholarship aims to encourage young people into the apiculture industry and to undertake training that supports best practice in beekeeping. [...]
Apiculture New Zealand welcomes the Government’s announcement to grant $5.7 million through the Provincial Growth Fund to help secure the term “mānuka honey” for New Zealand. “The funding is critical in realising the benefits of comprehensive protection of New Zealand mānuka honey primarily for consumers and producers, and also in how it will deliver [...]
Avalon Intermediate School has won first place in the Bee Aware Month Primary Schools’ Video Competition, with their bee-inspired music video “Heart and Soul”. The Bee Aware Month Schools’ competition is held annually as part of Bee Aware Month, a nation-wide educational campaign co-ordinated by Apiculture New Zealand (ApiNZ). Bee Aware Month is held [...]
Agriculture Minister, Hon Damien O’Connor, has officially launched the 10th annual Bee Aware Month, a nation-wide celebration of bees and their importance to our ecosystem, food chain and economy. Minister O’Connor inspected the Prime Minister’s beehives based at Premier House in Wellington this afternoon to mark the beginning of Bee Aware Month. He told [...]
JOINT STATEMENT: Apiculture New Zealand, Beef + Lamb New Zealand, DairyNZ, Dairy Companies Association of New Zealand, Deer Industry New Zealand, Federation of Māori Authorities, Foundation for Arable Research, Federated Farmers, Horticulture New Zealand, Irrigation New Zealand, and the Meat Industry Association Primary sector leaders have come together to make an unprecedented commitment from [...]
Science, innovation and commitment to the apiculture industry were recognised at Apiculture New Zealand’s annual conference. The Roy Paterson Trophy which acknowledges the best innovative idea, invention or technology in beekeeping was awarded to Veritaxa and Analytica Laboratories for their Classifynder system. This system uses robotics, image processing and neural network technology to count [...]