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Apistan – What is it and Why we don’t use it

Posted on May 31, 2013 by Gary Fawcett
Image Credit: Female Varroa destructor on the head of a bee nymph by Gilles San Martin

Apistan – Is a synthetic pyrethroid used to remove varroa mites in bee colonies, But should you still be using it? Continue reading →

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Sam Read Talks about her Pseudoscorpion Study – KM022

Posted on May 23, 2013 by Gary Fawcett

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In this podcast we talk to Sam Read from Plant and food about her study of Chelifers (Pseudoscorpions)
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Its Autumn in New Zealand – The Time to Treat is here

Posted on March 9, 2013 by Gary Fawcett
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The honey flow has slowed down in most parts of New Zealand and hopefully you have taken all your honey supers off, and got your honey in jars for the winter months. The Time to Treat is here now, what are your plans???
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News from Ireland! – An Introduction

Posted on January 26, 2013 by Vanessa Drew
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This is the first of a series of blog posts from our new Guest Blogger from Ireland; Vanessa is a landscape Gardener and is passionate about gardening and bees. This is going to be Beekeeping/Gardening News from Ireland. Continue reading →

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Happy New Year

Posted on January 1, 2013 by Gary Fawcett
Happy New Year - Fireworks

Happy New year to you are your family. We hope you are managing to have a restful time and have managed to take sometime out of your busy lives.

Here are some of the highlights this year… Continue reading →

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The Kiwimana Buzz Beekeeping Podcast #1 – Our First Podcast

Posted on May 19, 2012 by Gary Fawcett

Welcome to the first Kiwimana buzz podcast. Continue reading →

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Inspecting two hives – Swanson and Glen Eden 2

Posted on May 6, 2012 by Gary Fawcett

The weather was good and the temperature was 22 degrees today, so I decided to inspect a couple of our hives. Days in which inspections can be done are becoming fewer and fewer, as New Zealand heads into winter. Here … Continue reading →

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We will be selling Mite Away Quick Strips

Posted on April 5, 2012 by Gary Fawcett

We are happy to announce that we will be selling the NOD Mite Away Quick Strips. Miteaway Quick strips are a formic Acid based miticide which is reported to leave no residues in the hive. The strips were invented by … Continue reading →

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Tutin in Toxic Honey – Searching for Tutu while Treasure Hunting

Posted on January 30, 2012 by Gary Fawcett

We decided to go away for Auckland anniversary weekend. So while I was out and out in the Coromandel bush pursuing another one of my hobbies (Locating treasure with a GPS device or Geocaching). Continue reading →

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Franklin Bee Club and Tana Umaga?

Posted on December 11, 2011 by Gary Fawcett

We got up late today after a late night at an engagement party last night congrats to Ben and Lorelle. Anyway we stopped off at a cafe on the way and who should we run into but Tana Umaga the … Continue reading →

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