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2572 ExcellentAbout kaihoka

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Field Bee
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whanganui inlet. Golden Bay. South Island
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Bee keeping is not some flakey whim like ostrich farming . Its an industry thats literally over 1000yrs old. All the people who were only in for the money will quickly move on to the next big thing . Beeks like you who are obviously highly skilled and into bees cause you have an interest in them will I think survive .
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I feel very sorry for you . If it were me I would be so pissed off .
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I think you should find out your legal rights , which may be on your side . Offer them honey . If you have all the legal rights I would tell them to wait till the end of the season . You were there first .
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It will be a rough couple of yrs but the problem will not go on for ever .
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I will have a good look for her next time . I think some north island drones must have blown down here , I can not imagine any south island drones producing grumpy bees.
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In this case the manuka came from someone who has a business making medicinal products and a laboratory
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I have a nasty hive in my orchard . If I go too close they chase me . It is a supercedure queen who recently mated , to my surprise at this time of yr . I have not seen her, just eggs . But it is a very busy hive and brings in honey . I may just put up with her until after the rata flow . Then requeen the hive with a queen from my very docile very yellow queen hive . But this hive never seems so busy .
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It seeds and geminates freely enough . It just seems to not flower so well when mature here . Prunning may help .
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The same as here . So all these manuka plantings will have a limited lifespan . The young small manuka is the most reliable flowerer here . Is it the same other places ?
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Neither do I . I was just wondering .
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in golden bay 80% kanuka to manuka. i think 30 yrs ago there was lots more manuka. the place had lots of cleared damaged abandoned neglected farms when i came 40yrs ago. an awful lot of it has now reverted to bush and gone through the manuka stage. manuka is now only on the really sour infertile soils.
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It was a strict export standard . I was surprised how dark and strong it was . I never get anything like that in my hives . I have lots of kanuka around my place ., maybe the bees never collect it .
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@Philbee Does plastic or wooden and wax frames make any difference to the way strips work .?
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But they taste really different . I was given a couple of pure manuka ,umf 15, the other day . It is very dark and strong . Kanuka is much milder .
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No appropriate emoji response for that . Need a new one . LOL