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Summer is here and the nectar is flowing

Our team is also busy balancing out the bee numbers, taking from stronger hives and adding to smaller hives to keep things in check. And,
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Colouring Competition

Tiaki Bees Colouring Competition. The competition runs 15th Dec 2022 - 30th Jan 2023.
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Honey Bees

Spring is here and the hum is back in the air

Spring is well and truly upon us, and the bees are back. You might have noticed they’d gone a little quiet over winter, which means things were working just fine.
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Tiaki Bees on Biodiversity and Helping the Local Ecosystem

For Tiaki Bees Barna Szocs, nothing could be more important than ensuring the biodiversity of our neighbourhood.
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Summertime and humble honeybee

Just as we look forward to the arrival of longer days and warmer weather, so too do the bees. We talked to Barna Szocs, owner of rent-a-hive company Tiaki Bees,
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Bees are the pillars of our food-system and it’s high time we started taking note.

Bees are the pillars of our food-system and it’s high time we started taking note February 2022 There is a rather alarming statistic doing the rounds at the moment. One
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Six reasons why honey is a powerful superfood.

Six reasons why honey is a powerful superfood. 2 December 2021 For centuries humans have drawn on the benefits of raw honey to improve our health and wellbeing. Here are
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Busy Bees – Spring time is a hive of activity

Busy Bees – Spring time is a hive of activity 15 November 2021 Spring has well and truly sprung around our region and you’ve likely noticed a surge in honeybee
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Hosting Hives

Hosting Hives: Tiaki Bees features in QT Magazine

Hosting hives has been becoming more popular in urban areas, such as New York and Sydney for some time. Barna, Wanaka beekeeper and owner of Tiaki Bees, is now making
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Forage and Feast testimonial

Forage and Feast and Tiaki Bees

Tiaki Bees are part of the Forage and Feast tour. "Barna and Tiaki Bees represent all that we are about: involving the community, looking after the environment and enjoying the
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How do bees make honey

The story behind each spoonful of honey

February to March is the best time to harvest honey in the South Island of New Zealand. Find out more about bees, for instance: How much honey does an individual
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Interesting Facts about the Honeybee

Interesting Facts about the Honeybee 29 January 2021  Bees have been the subject of study for hundreds of years. Still, they continue to amaze us all. Researchers have unravelled many honeybee
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