Apiarist's Advocate Pod

Room to Improve – Beekeepers Rally Against Challenging Conditions to Deliver for Kiwifruit Growers, but Failures Remain

Apiarist's Advocate Pod

Show Notes

Despite being thrown some serious challenges in winter and spring 2025, beekeepers servicing New Zealand’s major kiwifruit growing areas appear to have – for the most part – filled their role adequately. We get the assessment from beekeepers, growers and Zespri at the heart of the action in the Bay of Plenty.

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