Beehive frames infected with the devastating American Foulbrood disease dumped at a Northland transfer station has put nearby hives at risk and angered those in the industry.

Lifting up the hood of a Beewise hive feels more like you’re getting ready to examine the engine of a car than visit with a ...

Beekeeper Trevor Clifton found fertiliser bags at the transfer station rubbish bin on Kara Road at Kokopu which held bee hive frames infected with American Foulbrood disease.

New Zealand’s bees are being stolen and traded by organized crime syndicates seeking to profit from ... Hive heists were rising, with 400 bee or honey thefts reported in the six months ...

Round hives like this with no inserted frames/comb foundation are more natural and thought to be less stressful environments for the bees. MBadgero February 18, 2015 03:00 PM I will be watching ...

Flower Mound, Texas – BeehiveFrames.com, a newly launched website, is poised to revolutionize the way beekeepers source their essential equipment. Founded with the mission to provide beekeepers ...

The search is on for 100 volunteer beekeepers to join a new Biosecurity New Zealand surveillance project, looking out for future bee threat– the small hive beetle. Biosecurity New Zealand Deputy ...

Francois Huber’s movable frame hive Francois Huber, New Observations on the Natural History of Bees In 1851, Reverend Lorenzo Lorraine Langstroth invented a better beehive and changed beekeeping ...

You must do this in bee netting, while swarmed by bees in sometimes sticky heat. It’s hard work, and for more ...