Agriquality New Zealand
Huarangi Aotearoa

New Zealand has developed one of the world's most progressive beekeeping industries.

For almost 100 years the New Zealand Ministry of Agriculture has supported this development, through its team of professional consultants, inspectors and scientists.

The delivery arm of MAF has been restructured into a State Owned Enterprise called AgriQuality New Zealand.

AgriQuality NZ offers you the services of graduate apicultural consultants and scientists with international experience.

Comprehensive Service

AgriQuality NZ people can design projects specifically to meet clients' needs. They are used to working in a multi-cultural environment, and will deliver projects that suit local requirements.

Training is also available in New Zealand. AgriQuality NZ can design programmes for overseas personnel at apicultural research stations, in a farm training centre with its own 400-hive commercial beekeeping operation, or by placement within the beekeeping industry.

AgriQuality NZ Beekeeping Consultants in the World

• Produce industry development plans
• Establish beekeeping industries, from village to commercial level. Supply equipment and healthy bees of good stock. Provide trained project managers.
• Evaluate and develop markets.
• Draft legislation and develop bee disease control programmes.
• Survey for bee pests and diseases.
• Develop quarantine systems to ensure a country's high bee health status.
• Design extension services for local conditions.
• Train beekeepers and project managers in their country or in New Zealand. We can provide specific training programmes to suit your needs.
• Research crop pollination requirements.
• Provide disease diagnostic and honey analysis services, and train local technicians in these skills.

AgriQuality NZ's beekeeping specialists have an impressive track record in bringing New Zealand technology to world markets. As well as the projects listed here, AgriQuality NZ experts have made marketing and study visits to North America, Argentina, Europe, Africa, Australia and Asia.

The following projects were funded by the NZ Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade or the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations.

PACIFIC

Cook Islands
Bee disease survey; beekeeper training.

Fiji
Recommendations for industry development; bee disease surveys.

Kiribati
Beekeeping feasibility study.

Niue
Honey quality improvement; beekeeper training in Niue and New Zealand; disease survey.

Papua New Guinea
Investigation of beekeeping potential; training in PNG and New Zealand; disease surveys; queen bee rearing.

Solomon lslands
Bee disease survey; beekeeper training; honey marketing; industry planning and support, bee breeding programme.

Pitcairn Island
Industry development plan, bee disease survey, beekeeper and quarantine training.

Tonga
Bee disease survey and recommendations for industry development.

Tuvalu
Feasibility study on introducing honey bees, establishment of village-level project, training in Tuvalu and New Zealand.

Samoa
Industry development plan, quarantine legislation, bee disease surveys, beekeeper training.

CARIBBEAN

Jamaica
Design FAO apiculture industry development project

ASIA

Iran
Assess beekeeping industry and prepare development strategies.

Thailand
Training in bee management and queen bee breeding.

Vietnam
Honey quality management training; beekeeping industry trade and assistance investigation.

EUROPE

Malta
Industry review and disease control system.

For more information contact:

Murray Reid, National Manager, Apiculture
reidm@agriquality.co.nz
Private Bag 3080
Hamilton
NEW ZEALAND
Ph +64 7 8341777
Fax +64 7 8385846