Once again it was time to move the hives out East to their first Manuka site.
Yes, that was the time in the morning that we got started.
Before dawn we were blocking up the hives, to keep the bees in.
The trip along the coast.
This is the [...]
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The bees have been hard at work. We’re confident each hive has 20 kg of Active Manuka Honey and hopefully more.
In a few hours we’re heading off, on one last trip… to start collecting the honey.
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Yesterday was the big day where we moved the beehives from here in Tauranga, out to the most eastern coast in the world.
We were up at 4:30 for the long trip. The scenery along the coast was gorgeous as we drove past four hour of beaches and coast.
The beehives will spend [...]
more→In this video diary we’re at one of apiaries. Darcy explains why the Your Pure Honey beehives are currently in the Bay of Plenty.
We like to talk about how we can preserve native trees.
Here’s some examples we recently saw of Manuka trees that have been killed off.
Each beehive encourages farmers to preserve two hectares of these native trees.
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The beekeeping diaries will give you the inside story on collecting Manuka Honey from New Zealand’s remote forests.
It’s early spring here in New Zealand.
The bees have basically been in hibernation over winter. It was too cold for them to do anything, so they just huddled up into a tight ball and kept warm.
Darcy [...]
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