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While confident that the apiculture sector can meet its target of doubling honey exports by 2030, chair of ApicultureNZ, Nathan Guy, says it will be challenging.

Things are looking up for the country's bee industry, following a couple of difficult years.

Beekeepers in parts of the country badly hit by Cyclone Gabrielle and other storms are still struggling to get access to their hives.

Canterbury-based Lucas Waldin, age 19, has been named as the recipient of the 2023 Apiculture New Zealand Ron Mossop Youth Scholarship in beekeeping.

A downturn in the honey market has the potential to cause a major biosecurity issue for the NZ bee industry.

Beekeepers need to wake up to the threat of a new bee parasite that is steadily expanding around the world.

September is Bee Aware Month and Apiculture NZ is asking Kiwis to learn more about bees.

A two-year project will help identify how New Zealand's apiculture sector sector can achieve sustainable growth.

Former Agriculture Minister Nathan Guy will take over as the independent chair of Apiculture New Zealand (ApiNZ).

The heavy rains in the lower North Island and parts of Northland in December has kept bees in these areas in their hives - unwilling it seems to venture out in the poor weather.