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13/01/2026

🇮🇳🤝🇳🇿 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗮 𝗙𝗧𝗔 – 𝗔 𝗪𝗶𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗛𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘆, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝘄𝗲 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗯𝗲 𝗪𝗮𝗿𝘆 🇮🇳🤝🇳🇿

Ian Fletcher once helped negotiate trade agreements for the European Union, now he’s at home in the Wairarapa and lending his expertise to New Zealand’s honey industry. So, what does he make of the shiny new FTA with India?

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11/01/2026

📣 Advertiser Appreciation Post – Manuka Engineering 🔧

Tired of honey-pricker needle maintenance? Talk to Logan Bowyer and the team at www.manukaengineering.com about going stainless-steel and you wont look back! 💯

09/01/2026

🗓👍𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗻 𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗻 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘁 𝗥𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁👍🗓

It’s much easier said than done, but for beekeepers timing when the important tasks in the apiary are undertaken is crucial. John Berry imparts what he has learned about 'timing it right' over his six decades in the hives.

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07/01/2026

🇮🇳📉 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸-𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗮 – 𝗛𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘆 𝗧𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗳𝗳𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱’𝘀 𝗠𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗣𝗼𝗽𝘂𝗹𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝗹𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗱📉🇮🇳

NZ’s mānuka honey entering India will soon see significant tariff reductions under a free trade agreement. While potential for mānuka honey abounds, some are warning that honey sellers should take the clean slate and not “stuff it up”.

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05/01/2026

🙏🥊𝗛𝗼𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘁 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗲 – 𝗔 𝗩𝗶𝗲𝘄 𝗕𝗲𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝗔𝘂𝗰𝗸𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗡𝗲𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗱, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗕𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗲𝗲𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗔𝗰𝘁 𝗡𝗼𝘄🥊🙏

The clock is fast ticking on yellow-legged hornet eradication hopes and critics say the beekeeping community and general public need to be better rallied to assist in the fight.

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04/01/2026

📨 The first Advocate of 2026 just landed, check your inboxes, or read all the content and subscribe for 🆓 at www.apiaristsadvocate.com, OR now you can even get a selection of content in audio 🎧 by searching for Apiarist's Advocate Pod on Apple and Spotify.

What's covered this month? Well you will have to follow one of those methods above to find out! Here's the cover though...

30/12/2025

🗓 A year in covers!

If you want to look back on any of our content, from 2025 or even 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020 or 2019 then all eMags are available via https://www.apiaristsadvocate.com/back-catalogue

Thanks to all our advertisers for making it possible. We will have issue #78 with you soon - January 2026.

29/12/2025

Advertiser Appreciation Post –

If you are a honey buyer, there's no were better to look than Manuka Orchard's simple to use sales platform at www.manukaorchard.com

With Manuka Orchard you get experts offering
🍯Seamless sales support
🍯Honey storage best practice resulting in high-quality honey
🍯An easy to use online platform which makes finding the honey you need simple

28/12/2025

🔥🌡𝗕𝘂𝘇𝘇𝗶𝗻' 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗔𝗶𝗺𝘇: 𝗠𝗲𝗿𝗰𝘂𝗿𝘆 𝗥𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴🌡🔥

It's getting hot under the collar in the Bay of Plenty, but Aimz still can't get enough of this beekeeping life.

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24/12/2025

Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas, we hope you have a great day with your families.

22/12/2025

🇳🇴🐝𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗻 𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗻 𝗡𝗼𝗿𝘄𝗮𝘆’𝘀 𝗕𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝗕𝗲𝗲𝗵𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀🐝🇳🇴

It’s been a bumper honey season for John Berry’s son Chris in his now-home of Norway. John reports on his recent travels to 61 degrees north where some late-summer work awaited.

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20/12/2025

🤝🔃𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗕𝗲𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘁𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻🔃🤝

Plenty of people have said it, we need "unity" in the beekeeping industry. But what does that actually mean? Darren Bainbridge has given it some thought.

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Apiarist's Advocate serves New Zealand beekeepers by telling their stories, providing industry news and a platform in which opinions can be voiced and promotions disseminated. All through a monthly eMagazine delivered for free into subscribers' inboxes.

Produced by Patrick & Laura Dawkins, beekeepers in sunny Marlborough at the top of the South Island, the Apiarist’s Advocate provides readers a view into the apiculture industry. Patrick worked as a sports reporter in print media before a change of career to beekeeping in 2016. Patrick's two passions, beekeeping and writing, are brought together in the Apiarist's Advocate, along with the desire to inform and advocate for New Zealand beekeepers.