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We Chat with Emma and Emily from London, England – KM024
We had a chat with Emily and Emma from London, England a couple of weeks back. We discussed beekeeping in London and the Issues facing urban beekeepers. Continue reading
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Tagged "england", beekeepers, Bees, Emily Emma, General Information, LIBSYN, London, National Bee Unit
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Beekeeping in Canada – We chat with Gabriel Petrut – KM020
This show we chat with Gabriel Petrut who lives in the Mississauga in Canada. We talk about beekeeping in Canada and some of the challenges with keeping bees. Continue reading
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Tagged "canada", beekeepers, Beekeeping, beekeeping in canada, EXTRACT, Gabriel Petrut, hives, keeping, kiwimana
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The Kiwimana Buzz Beekeeping Podcast #6 – NBA Workshop – Political – Ministry for Primary Industries
Ministry for Primary Industries Paul Bolger – Senior Policy Analyst spoke about funding avenues and government industry agreements with proposals for industry surveillance. In terms of the industry funding, Paul explained that government more likely to support those industries who … Continue reading
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Tagged "pest", apiary, beekeepers, Bees, biosecurity, manuka, Ministry for Primary Industries, NBA, Paul Bolger, plantation, podcast, reform, senior, surveillance
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The Kiwimana Buzz Beekeeping Podcast #4 – NBA WS – President and CEO of NBA
Barry started the workshop by explaining that the government state that, “… “the varroa ‘problem’ is an industry problem” (and this term was used quite frequently throughout the day). Barry also stated that “…pollination not high on other agencies priorities…” Continue reading
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Tagged barry foster, bee, beekeepers, Beekeeping, ceo, daniel paul, honey, NBA, Peter Gluckman, podcast, pollination, varroa, varroa resistance, venus project
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NBA Workshop – 26 July 2012 – Hamilton
The team at Kiwimana went along to the NBA (National Beekeepers’ Association of NZ) Workshop in Hamilton at the Claudelands Conference Centre. Continue reading
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Tagged "breeding", "nz", bee, beekeepers, Bees, blog, breed, ceo, claudelands, combating, drones, Gary, genes, genetics, hamilton, hygiene, lawn, lawns, Mark Goodwin, Mercury island, michelle taylor, mite, NBA, podcast, podcasts, subscribe, trait, traits, varroa, varroa destructor, vsh
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Save the Bees – Stop the Fee – UPDATE
Here are our thoughts after attending the Auckland Council hearings, held at the beautiful Auckland Town Hall, on the Auckland Council Draft - Long Term Plan. Introduction It was good to see a lot of other bee-keepers today at the meeting, and as we … Continue reading
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Tagged "bylaw", "forum", "mayor", "Rodney", auckland, bee, beekeepers, Bees, blog, Calum Penrose, councillors, councilors, democratic, honey, ian Farrel, kiwimana, merge, scribe, Sir John WalkerLen Brown, submitters
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Save the bee, stop the fee!!!
Photo’s courtesy of Kevin Krejci We went to along to a meeting set up by the Auckland Bee Club on Monday to discuss the $190 (annual) consent fee to keep Bees, proposed within the Auckland Council long-term draft plan. The … Continue reading
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Tagged "bylaw", "bylaws", "harmonisation", "harmonising", "hearings", "historically", "insanity", "legacy", "leighton Smith", "len Brown", "mandate", "mayor", "poultry", "Rodney", "supercity", "urban", "vigilant", "waitemata", acre, auckland, Auckland Council, bee, beehive, beekeeper, beekeepers, Beekeeping, Bees, Christopher Dempsey, hives, honey, kiwimana, swarm
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Our Varroa mite plan this season
This was a question posted in by one of our readers, Sophie asks:- How can a New Zealand beekeeper keep their bees alive every year? Well this is a good question, over recent times bee-keepers are having trouble keeping bees … Continue reading
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Tagged "breeding", "elevated", "sunnier", Api life var, apiary, beekeeper, beekeepers, Bees, brood, Drone, Drone Brood Management, Early Spring, hive, hives, honey, kiwimana, Meshboard, mites, Oxalic Acid, plan, supers
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Visiting Peter and Ceracell
Today got up early and drove to Ceracell to pick up some much needed supplies, we needed some frames to put into our boxes we have made. We also needed to visit Peter in Rangiriri to pick up the NUC … Continue reading
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