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Tree Hive…branching out…Swarming…Part One

Margaret's account of how she removed a swarm of bees that had taken up residence [...]

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Making a Gallon of Mead: Micro Mead Making With Michael Jordan – KM160

Michael Jordan is a Beekeeper, Educator and Mead Maker from Cheyenne, Wyoming, USA. In [...]

Banned in the EU But Still Sold in NZ – KM157

This week we ask why the EU is banning pesticides and What are some great [...]

Moving Beehives – Short Distance Moves

Moving Beehives A Short Distance, here is a method and some tips you can use [...]

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How to Get Rid of Wasps in Your Garden: the Natural Way

Wasps are your garden’s helpful pollinators. But if they become too many or attacked [...]

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CCD in New Zealand? Take me down to the Parasite City – KM074

This week we are talking about parasite’s, Nosema, 3,000-year-old beehives and Counterfeit Honey? This [...]

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German Wasps – How to Keep them out of your bee hives

It's the time of the year in the Waitakere Ranges that the common and German [...]

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

Apistan - Is a synthetic pyrethroid used to remove varroa mites in bee colonies, But [...]

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Springing Along with Hoppity – KM076

This week we are talking about Bee Friendly Plants, 7 Amazing Bee Facts and Russian [...]

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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, [...]

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