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Bumblebee Pollination

Sat 05 Jun 2021
6:55

How to keep bumblebee hives pollinating for longer.
Jun 2021
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AFB Detection Dogs

Sat 17 Apr 2021
7:25

Training dogs to detect American Foulbrood in beehives.
Apr 2021
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The Pyramid - Diversification

Sat 27 Jun 2020
7:17

The Dawkins farm, the Pyramid, diversification in the Waihopai Valley
Jun 2020
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Bee Pathogen Programme

Sat 16 May 2020
6:49

Bee Pathogen Programme about NZ's honeybees
May 2020
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Hexagon Mead

Sat 18 Apr 2020
6:47

Hexagon Mead made from wild borage honey
Apr 2020
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Melita - The Land

Sat 23 Jun 2018
6:39

A family owned honey operation built from bee-keeping enterprises
Jun 2018
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Melita - The Brand

Sat 23 Jun 2018
7:08

Building a "Land to Brand" strategy at Melita Group
Jun 2018
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MyApiary

Sat 16 Jun 2018
6:48

Developing software solutions for the apiculture industries
Jun 2018
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Leafcutting Bees and Lucerne

Sat 05 May 2018
6:43

The challenges of increasing the numbers of leafcutting bees, super-pollinators of lucerne and other crops
May 2018
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Analytica Manuka Honey Testing

Sat 22 Apr 2017
6:50

Honey, especially manuka honey, has become a high value export. In 2015 New Zealand generated around $250 million from honey exports but the international demand for honey has also seen a rise in batches of honey adulterated with sugar, or poor quality honey from other sources but labelled as higher value manuka honey.
Apr 2017
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Barton Honey

Wed 01 Mar 2017
6:41

Barton Holdings is a Taranaki honey business collecting and processing manuka honey at its extraction facility for exporting, primarily to China. The production chain incorporates an innovative RFID system to allow traceability from the hive to the jar.
Mar 2017
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Researching Hive Colony Collapse

Sun 01 Nov 2015
7:09

Mark Goodwin from Plant & Food Research is looking at unexplained bee deaths
Nov 2015
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Putake Honey

Wed 01 Jul 2015
7:03

A South Island honey business focusing on honey varietals
Jul 2015
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HoneyLab

Wed 01 Apr 2015
6:28

Pharmaceutical and health products from bee products
Apr 2015
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Miere Coalition

Mon 01 Sep 2014
6:03

Working to build Maori involvement in the Manuka honey industry
Sep 2014
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Trees for Bees 2014

Fri 01 Aug 2014
7:19

Progress in a Landcare Research programme to help farmers help bees
Aug 2014
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Kintail Honey and Apiflora New Zealand

Tue 01 Jul 2014
6:17

A joint venture in live bee exports to Canada
Jul 2014
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Host a Hive

Sat 01 Mar 2014
6:54

Jack Barley has begun a beehive supply and maintenance business
Mar 2014
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Honey Testing

Tue 01 Oct 2013
4:33

How to prevent a "false positive" test for contaminants in export manuka honey
Oct 2013
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Manuka Health NZ

Sat 14 Sep 2013
3:53

Manuka Health NZ Ltd was established in 2006 to formulate and manufacture healthcare products from NZ flora and fauna.
Sep 2013
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Biobees Pollination Services

Fri 01 Mar 2013
4:48

An innovative company using bumble bees to supply pollination services
Mar 2013
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Arataki Honey

Fri 01 Mar 2013
7:37

A visit to the Havelock North site of Arataki Honey's multi-facted business
Mar 2013
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Pollination Partners

Tue 01 Nov 2011
4:38

A partnership between farmers and a bee pollination company
Nov 2011
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BeesOnline

Tue 01 Jun 2010
5:04

A processing and marketing company of regional, mono-floral honeys and bee products
Jun 2010
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Trees for Bees 2010

Thu 01 Apr 2010
4:47

A planting plan is being developed to help farmers plant trees to promote bee health
Apr 2010
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Organic Avocados

Sat 01 Aug 2009
8:13

Research and information sharing by NZ Organic Avocado Growers Group
Aug 2009