Beekeeping in the Hawkes Bay with Beekeeper John Berry - KM142

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John Berry is a third generation beekeeper and has worked in the family Business "Arataki Honey" before starting his own business “Berry Bees” with his brother Peter. He now produces comb-honey for the Hawkes Bay Farmers Market.

Links / Resources mentioned this week

John's website is Here:- http://www.berrybees.co.nz/

2011 - Beekeepers fire up over outbreak https://www.nzherald.co.nz/hawkes-bay-today/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503462&objectid=11041524

2015 - An interview with John’s Father “Ian Berry” https://knowledgebank.org.nz/audio/ian-berry-interview/

2016 - John Berry: Buzz off, you beekeeping bandits https://www.nzherald.co.nz/hawkes-bay-today/opinion/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503459&objectid=11658445

2019 - Beekeepers say there's not enough food for all hives as more and more are created https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/beekeepers-say-theres-not-enough-food-all-hives-more-and-created

2019 - Corporate interests stinging local beekeepers https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/larry-williams-drive/audio/john-berry-corporate-interests-stinging-local-beekeepers/

Arataki Honey website is HERE:- http://www.aratakihoneyhb.co.nz/

What is in the Show

• What do you love about beekeeping? 00:02:00
• What happened to the clover this year? 00:02:59
• How did John get started in Beekeeping? 00:03:28
• How did Arataki Honey get started 00:03:45
• What would John tell his younger self 00:06:06
• Do you have a funny beekeeping experience that you would like to share? 00:10:31
• What can we do about AFB in New Zealand 00:12:19
• The Honey levy proposed by Apiculture New Zealand 00:16:29
• What does John think about the overstocking of hives in the Hawkes Bay? 00:18:12
• What's the biggest issue facing beekeeping In the Hawkes Bay? 00:20:05
• John work with VSH Queens 00:22:13
• John is a Comb Honey Specialist producer 00:23:10
• What does John use to Control Mites 00:24:46
• John's mites showed signs of resistance to Bayvarol Strips 00:25:00
• John is going to try Oxalic acid 00:27:30
• Treated Bees produce more Honey 00:29:29
• What's the biggest mistake you see a lot of new beekeepers making? 00:30:21
• Is monitoring varroa mites a good idea? 00:31:15
• Has Varroa benefited New Zealand Beekeeping? 00:34:30
• Will Feral Bees return to New Zealand? 00:35:34
• Why do bees turn nasty 00:37:59
• Our Bees are designed to have a winter 00:41:00
• Does the Hawkes Bay have a lot of wasps? 00:42:11
• What are John?s plans for the coming season? 00:43:56
• Is overstocking because of Manuka? 00:45:49
• The pollination of clover is being threatened 00:46:40
• The price of manuka sites is getting stupid 00:50:12
• The Manuka Crop was zero this year in the HB 00:51:07
• What does John think of the new Manuka Standard 00:54:20

Full show notes

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