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Argentina
Queen breeder and exporter Malka mated queens available
for exportation anywhere in the world from November until
beginning of March. Good opportunity for Northern
Hemisphere beekeepers who need well-bred and well-mated
queens early in the season at competitive prices. We
produce Italians and two strains of hybrids.
Australia
Bee Pathologist, CSIRO, Canberra
Australian. Wrote book about history of Australasian
beekeeping.
Regulatory Officer with NSW Dept. of Agriculture. Major
part of duties include apiary inspection for disease; also
involved in export certification of live bees. Have small
apiary of 20 hives. Interested in different strategies for
AFB, EFB, and Chalkbrood management.
Queen bee breeder, about twenty years experience,
specialising in producing export quality Italian breeder
queens, using instrumental insemination and washed semen
techniques. Interested in corresponding with other
beekeepers.
Part-time beekeeper, running 100 hives in South Gippsland,
Victoria, and trying to build up more hives Am
interested currently in methods of collecting propolis and
would appreciate any information that would be useful in
the efficient collection methods.
We manufacture labour saving beehive loaders, unloads 160
empty 12 frame boxes then loads 160 full 12 framers in 30
minutes. Under super hives with no lifting. We are making
beekeping more pleasant and also taking the back breaking
out of lifting hives and honey supers. Beekeepers in 5
continents now use our loaders with great joy.
Australian beekeeper (Kangaroo Island)
Amateur beekeeper with 2 hives. Have been beekeeping in
Perth, W.Australia for the past 4 years. Was co-editor for
the local Apiarist Society. Interested in all aspects of
bees from start to finish.
I live in tropical Cairns and have 2 hives. I have kept
bees in Victoria for 30 years and am now having a go up
north. Keeping bees in the tropics is a real challenge. I
would be happy to discuss beekeeping up this way, or
compare notes with other tropical beekeepers.
Apiary Inspector, Brisbane
Suburban beekeeper in Brisbane. Have started online
beekeeping
at Yahoo. It's an Australian club, but all beekeepers are
welcome. You will find it at:-
http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/australianbeekeeping
55 hives at present quadrupling in number every season
from 1997. Presently looking at Aus Native bees for fun
Managing 150 production hives (in partnership with
husband) with queen breeding for our own use. Packing and
selling honey and honeycomb direct to retail outlets.
Secretary Kangaroo Island Beekeepers Association.
Approx 10 yrs experience started as a hobby with a couple
of swarms then moved up to 100 Hives now planning on 300
concentrating on pollination in the Riverina/MIA are of
New South Wales
Mexican bee researcher studying in Australia
delaide based with 10 hives. I am interested in new
methods and have had bees about 5 years
I run 300 hives mostly in upper south-east of South
Australia for honey production & pollination. I am
interested in all aspects of beekeeping.
Bee geneticist, Victoria
Queen Bee Breeder, Manufactures & Suppliers of Pollen
Substitutes, and current member of The (Australian)
Honeybee Research & Development Committee. Currently
Secretary of Australian Queen Bee Breeders Association.
Beekeeper - Mature age University student (Bachelor of
Education)
Bee Pathologist, Brisbane
Bee products manufacturer/importer/exporter
Run 150 hives in the beautiful clean and green state of
Tasmania. Main interest is the commercial collection of
propolis, royal jelly and Tasmanian leatherwood honey.
Made a honeybee video. A film about Honey Bees, Bee
Behaviour and Basic Beekeeping, presented in an
entertaining and informative way and of interest to all
Beekeepers, both amateur and professional alike.
500 hives for honey production. Beekeeping experience in
Arizona, New Zealand and Australia.
I run approx. 80 hives, am currently Secretary of Southern
Tablelands Branch of the NSW Apiarists' Association. We
are at present organising a Beekeeping Field Day, in
conjunction with the NSWAA State Conference at Bomaderry
RSL Club Bomaderry NSW. Everyone is welcome, for more
info give me a call.
I run 150 colonies in and around Bendigo Victoria. I sell
my honey in weekend markets in Melbourne (state capital).
I would very much like to make contact with overseas
beekeepers for infomation etc.
Commercial queen bee breeder in Australia.
Austria
50 hives for 9 years, 49 years old, specialty mead
production.
Bangladesh
I am Post Graduate in Entomology. My research work on
apiculture. I have got NST Fellowship from National
Science & Technology of Bangladesh. Now I am working in
NGO like Proshika. I have 3 years working experience on
apiculture. But very limited work in our country. Now I am
going to Central Science Laboratory in UK as a Beekeeping
Assistant for 06 months.
I am Post Graduate in Entomology. My research work on
apiculture. I have got NST Fellowship from National
Science & Technology of Bangladesh. Now I am working in
NGO like Proshika. I have 3 years working experience on
apiculture. But very limited work in our country. So I
want to higher study on apiculture in abroad.
Belarus
Hi to all! Being a university professor in Physics &
Computing, loving bees from early childhood, having 10
years of own experience in amateur beekeeping with 6-8
hives, going soon to move to New Zealand I'd like to find
friends-beekeepers in NZ. Thanks for your e-mail.
Belgium
I am bekeeper since 1999. Me and my stephfather have 25
colonies. Interest: Import of italian , russian and
buckfast queens . Also interested in all types of info on
bees and beekeeping and like to exchange ideas with
beekeepers.
Bosnia
I am new in this field having 5 hives and planning to
expand. I hope it will become my family bussiness in
future. I am reday to have a correspondance with people
around the world to exchange experience and products.
Two years of expiriance. At this moment before expand I am
interesed in beekeeping as a hobby. Now I have 5 hives
only but working with my friend Vehid Birdahic who has 70.
I am learning from him. We are both engineers. We are
ready to cooperate with all the people around the world
interesed in beekeeping.
Brazil
Brazilian queenbreeder and researcher.
Professor of Genetics, apiculture expert, especially
concerning bee diseases and Africanized honey bees.
We own a beekeeping company in Brazil and have been
dealing with all products of Africanized Honeybees for ten
years, including apitoxin. We offer assistance for new
"Africanized Beekeepers".
I am interested only in bee venom
Bulgaria
50 hives of apis mefifica rodopica, 30 years experience,
beekeeping software? Queen selections?
Bee pathologist in Central Veterinary Research Institute
in Sofia, Bulgaria.
I have 30 hives. I am looking for work as a beekeeper in
NZ or Canada.
I am a young beekeeper with 20 hives and 4 yers
expierence. Interested in receiving more information about
beekeeping with L/R hives, with 2
queens. Please contact me!
Byelorus
I am a postgraduate. The interests - technology of
beeckeeping, diseases of bee.
Canada
Editor of Canadian Beekeeping magazine
10 hives, 2nd year, Southwestern Ontario. Buckfast and
Italian bees.
Starting this year with two hives, interested in
contacting other to share experience and knowledge
500 hive operation in Canada, looking for employment
January and February in New Zealand. 31 years old.
Advisor in British Columbia, Canada
2 apiaries with 7 hives, secretary for Grand River
Beekeepers, Kitchener, Ont. Canada
Canadian commercial beekeeper
30 hives Total. The 3 BeeKeepers sells leather vented &
non vented glove at manufacturer's prices. Bee suit
(jackets & coveralls) at manufacturer's prices. Email for
a quotation.
Home email is: johnjr@primus.ca. Have been beekeeping for
23 years, have 3 hives, and planing on 50 hives for
spring. I have Italian bees however looking for more
gentler type bees._
Worked a number of years for Alpine Honey Specialties in
the Canadian offseason
Ventilated hives, Queen breeder,North American agent For
E.H.Thorne. 40+ years a beekeeper.
President Meadowlark Honey Ltd.which operates about 950
hives for honey production in Manitoba, Canada
Over 40 years producing pollen and honey in the Peace
River area of British Columbia.
East coast. Manage commercial bee operation for
pollination of low bush blueberries. Parents have
operation in Saskatchewan update
Tim Townsend ttownsen@telusplanet.net (Canada).
Commercial
beekeeper, supplies 1,000's of honey drums.
Have up to 16 regular hives plus one top bar hive. Six
years experience and still learning. Located in Manitoba.
Commercial beekeeper for 30 years. Currently keeping 50
hives as a hobby. Also, brokering honey, bees and used
beekeeping equipment.
Sales manager - F.W. Jones & Son Ltd. Major manufacturer
and retailer of beekeeping equipment.
We operate a commercial honey operation and supply
pollination services to the local borage producers.
Tech advisor to commercial group of bkprs in Quebec.
Worked with bees in England, Eire, Alberta, California,
Philippines and Quebec. Running 250 hives for honey and
blueberry polln (low bush).
3rd generation beekeeper. Currently we are running 1300
hives for honey in the Peace River region.
I am operating 2200 hives and am a fourth generation
beekeeper in northeast Saskatchewan.
I currently run about 100 hives part time in central
Alberta. I also work seasonally for a commercial honey
producer, and a large scale queen breeder. I am interested
in work in other countries. 8 years experience, excellent
referances. E-mail for more information.
I'm my 8th yr, & running about 50 hives for both honey and
pollination (blueberries &
raspberries). Located in the Fraser Valley, an hours drive
from Vancouver, on Canada's West Coast.
Beginner (2 hives). Interested in natural methods of
pest/disease control of honey production.
Small commercial operation, interested in bee research and
hybridization. Would welcome queens with outstanding
qualities, for our cold winters.
Hobbyists; interested in honey derived from certified
organic sources
I have been keeping honey bees for 16 years. In Canada
thirty beehives is only a hobby. Spending time outdoors is
one of the reasons why I keep honey bees. Needless to
say, I find very challenging fighting various bee dieases.
Have a 600 hive apiary in the interior of British Columbia
(West Coast of Canada). We have just developed a new
simple, inexpensive, easy to use evaporator for dispensing
Formic Acid in hives to treat Varroa and Tracheal Mites.
The product is called MiteGone. Check us out at
mitegone.com
A sideline beekeeper with 200 colonies. I've been keeping
bees for about 20 yrs, always eager to learn something
new! Enjoy meeting and making new friends, especially
beekeepers! Drop me a line, ICQ #43377402.
Milk and Honey Farm in Prince Edward Island operates 1200
beehives for pollination and honey. I also import
packages and queens.
Commercial bee venom collector, educator and supplier of
apitherapy materials. Organizer of a Beginnier Bee Venom
Collection Training Course during Apimondia '99 in
Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Beinn Mara Apiaries Ltd. is a Canadian honey packer in
business since 1980. We operate from Prince Edward Island,
famous for seed potatoes,mussels and tourism. We are mite
free and import most of our bees from NZ.
1000 hives for past 43 years; need help with mite control.
Located in northern Canada 300+ hives. Focusing on
specialty honeys, in organic areas.Always
learning,interested in anyones experience in this area.
Very interested in exchanging all beekeeping views.
2000 hives for honey production. Always looking for
someone wishing to travel and work in Canada for our
summers.
2000 Hives in northeastern Alberta. Honey and modest queen
production. Can usually accommodate an experienced
Kiwi/Aussie looking for travel and a
northern hemisphere summer.
Commercial beekeeper, honey drum supplier,& Pierco Canada
rep.
800 hives now, used to be hobbybeekeepers in the
Netherlands for over 20 years.Disease management.
Straffordville. Hobbyist beekeeper 30 hives, looking for
information on pollination.
Chile
Company name is Colmenares Santa Ines S.A., 6500 11 frames
Dadant Size hives. Polination in fruit trees, alfalfa for
seed, avocado. Honey from extended regions in Chile.
Selecting for hygienic behaviour for 10 years.
Age 47; 800 hives operation in central Chile,seeking
similar in the northern hemisphere for a complimentary
organic co operation: honey,queens; 18 years experience.
Actually prepared for the next step in the rainforest of
southern Chile, where the finest honeys can be
harvested.Talking only about high standards.
China
The manager of the Department of Research and Development,
China Animal Husbandry Group. I am visiting the Department
of Animal Science, University of Sydney, as visiting
scholar until this August. I am seeking cooperator with
the Group's branch company, China Apiculture Co., on
apiculture especially on the production and sale of royal
jelly, propolis products and import of queen bee and
package bee.
China (Peoples Republic of)
Businessman of bee products (import and export)
Cook Islands
I am a hobbyist with 15 hives.
Costa Rica
Agronomist, Natural History Tour Guide and I have 75
Africanized hives. 12 years in this activity and
interested in net working with other beekeepers and get
more academic training or working experience with a
company.
Croatia
40 hives, 20 year experience,novosti u p_elarskom svijetu
i suvremene tehnologije u _elarstvu.
Cyprus
Commercial beekeeper specializing in selection and
breeding of queens. Exports worldwide. New contacts
commercial or otherwise always welcome.
Czech Republik
Beginner, 2 hives, interested in technology, interested in
all contacts and informations.
Denmark
Hobbyist, having 20 hives and 4 years expirience.
Interested in visiting hobby-beekeeper in New Zeeland or
Argentina.
Danish beekeeper
I have been a hobby beekeeper for 3 years. In Denmark I
have got 5 hives. Now I am working in Canada B.C. through
I.A.E.A. as a beekeeper for 7 months.
Hobby beekeper with three hives and two years of
experience. I am interested in honey identification by
pollen analysis.
England
100 hives, 20 years experience. Currently chairman British
Beekeepers Association (BBKA). Owner UKAS web site.
70 Hives (Semi-Commercial) 5 Years experiance. Any one
interested in bees interest me, so email me.
A member of the Medway and County of Kent Beekeepers
Association. Edits the Association's monthly newsletter,
any info he can include would be greatly appreciated. Has
a mixture of National and WBC hives.
Hobbyist beekeeper, using National hives. Engineering
background. Interested in enviromental/ecology issues
relating to the beekeeping world.
No hives currently. Kept up to 12 hives for 20 years. Main
interes :TROPICAL BEEKEEPING. Objective: To set up unit in
Sumatera, INDONESIA.
Hobbyist with 8 National hives. Started beekeeping 1995.
planning to improve stocks this season. Much to learn.
Estonia
14 years beekeeping, 70 hives
Finland
Beekeeper, Webmaster "The Apitherapy Reference Data Base"
http://www.sci.fi/~apither, list owner : APITHER mailing
list.
Interested in beekeeping in cold climate zones,
overwintering, honey bee thermoregulation and measuring
metabolic rates. Working for Finnish
Beekeepers'Association (www.sci.fi/~sml) as a training
manager and edits the magazine Mehilainen. About 30 hives.
France
I'm a technician working for an association called ADAPI
based in Aix en Provence. I'm in charge of varroa
experimention and bee intoxications supervision. I have a
few hives_
English commercial beekeeper, living in France.- La Brenne
National Park. Producing various honey types. Member of
the Admin Committee of the French Union of Professional
Beekeepers.
Queen breeding and artificial insemination. Beekeeping
international consultant
Author of the book "Breeding queens". Site at
www.apiculture.com/fert/
Owner of laboratories APIPHYT (http://www.apiphyt.com) -
France. Importer of Carnica queens from Slovenia.
Beekeeping international consultant; webmaster of the
"First Virtual Beekeeping Galery in the World"
Germany
Biolocial organic beekeeper. Specialist of controlling
varroa mite with oxalic acid
evaporation. The last two years working at the Europea
leading biologic organic institute. Looking for a job
worldwide.
I have 30 hives and I produce honey and they are for
pollination in my apple and plum trees (5000). I am
looking for package bees in March with Buckfast queens.
Beekeeper with 120 hives and queen bee breeder (800
queen's)
Hobby beekeeper with about 30 hives (together with a
friend). Experience more than 15 years. Special interest:
beekeeping history.
Beekeeper since 1980. Interested in natural bee-keeping
and getting professional. Running 50 hives with Buckfast
queens.
60-70 hives, since 1980, extension-and public relations
20 hives and seven years experience. I like to work as an
beekeper helper in New
Zealand or in Australia from July to December. Please
contact me.
Founder of the Private Scientific Archive of apidology and
author of many beekeeping articles.
I am keeping about 4 hives as hobby, experience since 6
years. interested in fight against Varroa and natural-
beekeeping.
Germany/Bavaria
Beekeeping since 1999 running 16 hives from my daddy in
law. I want to learn all about beekeeping. Also I'm
interested about keeper equipment.
Greece
Beekeeper for thirty years in the UK now living in the
Peloponesse, Greece. Editor of the 'The Beekeepers
Quarterly' started 16 years ago, which is published in the
UK. Large, colourful and with over thirty correspondents
from around the world. The editor welcomes news from
beekeepers everywhere and still has vacancies in some
parts of the world for more correspondents. See BKQ online
by following links at www.beedata.com
Hungary
200 hives, 43 years of experience, learning the most
effective and natural way of keeping back the bees from
swarming.
India
Hobbyist with under 10 hives and about 10 years experience
with Apis indica and Apis mellifera. Am a member of a
farmer's collective in the central Himalayan hill region,
with my own interest being in promotingbeekeeping.
Occasional teaching and slide shows.
Basically a software engineer having 30 hives. Started as
traditional hobby. Intrested in helping others and back
the same in upgrading the knowledge.
I am an Entomologist having 5000 hives, experience of
three year in beekeeping, interested to join experienced
honey bee breeder
Iran
I have 100 colony, 10 years experience,Iranian citizen,
intersted in cooperate by another beekeeping companies and
trades.
Veterinarian, bee pathologist, beekeeper.
I am a commercial beekeeper for 7 years. I have 100
hives. I am looking for work as a beekeeper in NZ. Can
anybody help me?
Exporter of honey and hives.
I have 40 hives and 2 years experience and my interest is
to immigrate to New Zealand and beekeeping . Can anybody
help me?
Ireland
30 hives, beekeeping since 1997. Am very interested in
lecturing on beekeeping - I took the Lecturers Examination
with the Federation of Irish Beekeepers Associations in
2000. Also interested in non chemical treatments for
varroa.
22 hive qualified master-beekeeper of many years
experience honey production, pollination of horticultural
crops using honeybees & consultancies.
Hobbyist beekeeper 10 years experience, 8 hives in back
yard; waiting for varroa to strike and interested in
methods of control or treatment.
Just started in beekeeping, and would like information on
how to should get the most from my hives.
Israel
We have produced a product that will make a revolotion to
the way beekeeperes are working today. With the Easy Bee
Rig you will not have to lift a single super or hive body
in all your work as a beekeeper. We have an Internet site
with pictures and explanation of the product. Our address
is: http://www.bee-guard.co.il
I am a biotechnologist 50 years, Ph.D., currently seeking
for a new business opportunity to develop, which will be
involved in the honey/medicine industry here in Israel. If
you will be willing to receive my plan; working about one
year in your company (beekeeper with more than 400 hives)
for perfecting and consolidation a partnership, for the
Israeli marketing, I will appreciate it so much.
Italy
A couple of empty hives, dreaming of a queen, supporting
honey as a gift idea from friends worldwide. Honey
collections are by any way worth less than wine or stamps,
love affairs?
I possess about 50 hives and practical bee-keeping from 15
years. I produce
4 types of honey main around the Garda lake. I on behalf
raise the Queens mine, and practical pollination on the
kiwi and apple-tree.
7 years of beekeeping, 22 hives, 4 sorts of honeys
Little experience with bees; eager to learn, 32-year-old
looking for accomodation with beekeeping farm preferably
in New Zealand or Northern America for a few months -
offer full-time cooperation. Languages spoken and PC
skills. Can you help?
Editor web site Apicoltura on line at
http://www.eurolink.it/aol
Jordan
2000 hives in Jordan Valley, below sea level. Power
electrical engineer. I like to discuss beekeeping in my
area .
Latvia
Searching for addresses of the companies which can sell
artificial bee cell production equipment. I will be very
thankful for any assistance concerning my interest.
Lebanon
:I am a hobbiest beekeeper. Currently have 7 hives among
which, 4 are Apis Mellifera Syrriaca, 1 buckfast, and two
Hybrids among Apis Mellfera Syrriaca and Apis Mellifera
Ligustica. My aim of trying different races is to find a
race which yealds high honey crops and adapts well to the
climate of the middle east....and especially...Lebanon
President of Lebanese beekeepers syndicate and secretary
of Arab beekeepers union beekeeper for 50 years, importer
and exporter for honey, queens and equipment.
Lithuania
50 hives. I want to sell apitoxin.
4 hives, more 10 years . Electronic engineer, 52.
Constructed some self adapting, "sophisticated" electronic
heaters for my hives to save fuel i.e. honey, especially
during cold spring nights. The way of improvements lasts 5
years.
Macedonia
Veterinarian, bee diseases specialist, profesional
beekeeper, queen selection Apis mellifica Macedonica and
coordinator of exemplary private center of apiculture and
station of genetic bees improvement through artificial
insemination-PCELARSTVO DABESKI-from Macedonia.
Malaysia
Officer Incharge at National Apiary Centre, Agriculture
Dept. of Malaysia. Experience with Apis cerana (1983). Now
manage 400 colonies of Apis Mellifera. Looking for any
contact and/or information that can help my duty and
sharing experience. Malaysian Honey (source: Mellaluca
trees) ready for sale.
I keep apis cerana cerana and apis cerana indica
(100hives), apis mellifera (200hives) and looking forward
to keep some stingless bees. Would like exchage views
about beekeeping in tropic especially apis mellifera.
Keeping bees in Australia, pollination services in USA and
now travel frequently throught out China and learn much
about their beekeeping industries.
Malta
I am a female beekeeper with 10 years beekeeping
experience. I am a Diploma Graduate in Agriculture with a
thesis on two bee diseases. Should you be interested to
know me better, please visit my web site:
http://www.geocities.com/maltabee01/
Mexico
Queen breeder, producing 10000 queen bees to year. I have
a breeding program with European bees in the Africanized
zone.
Beekeeping researcher in tropical region, Campus Tabasco,
Mexico, studying Master of Sciences at the Colegio de
Postgraduados, doing thesis genetic breeding of
africanized honeybees
I'm interested in beekeeping, I have almost no experience
working with bees, but I'd like to learn what I saw in New
Zealand, I love the way you do beekeeping, but most of it
I like the way you protect your country of diseases from
other countries. In the airport I got lots of information
about diseases and bee products...and I am really
interested to work in that field. Right now I am on my
last year of carrier at the University of Mexico in the
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine. If somebody can help me to
get some information about what I need to do to go to NZ
please contact me.
I have 400 hives, 10 years in beekeping practice. My
family and I produce honey, nucleus and propolis products,
and queenbees for our use.
Moldova
I am 27 years old, 12 years working with bees. I have 250
hives. Doctor of Sciences in Veterinary Medicine, Senior
Scientist at the Academy of
Sciences of Moldova, Department of Entomology, Research
Group beekeeping
and honey bee pathology. Field of expertise: Veterinary
medicine,
Beekeeping, Treatment of Infectious diseases of honeybees,
Microbiology,
Entomology, Biology, Environmental problems, Environmental
chemistry
(ecotoxicology).
Nepal
I have 20 hives of Apis Melifera with three years
experience. I have also decided to continue beekeeping as
one of my profession and planning to introduce beekeeping
as an income earning enterprise for rural poor women and
disadvantaged people.
New Zealand
Own 500 plus hives, producing clover and bush honeys.
Going into crop pollination using hitch hikker forklift.
Been beekeeping for 35 years.
Manufactures of Beekeeping Woodware. We can be viewed at
www.beehives.co.nz. Precision machining. Currently
manufacturing over 1,000,000 frames per year. We make
standard, or made to order components.
Beekeeper (cut comb mostly) from Alexandra
Commercial beekeeping for about 20 years in the Waikato
area. Based in Te Kowhai (west of Hamilton). Run about
700 hives. Specialising in producing active manuka honey,
but also rewarewa, kanuka and pastural honey and propolis.
Run 2000 hives with brother, 25 years experience,
interested in epidemiology of EFB, in particular its
spread and effects in Australia, writes articles for the
NZ Beekeeper magazine.
800 hives manuka, borage in the Marlborough region
AgriQuality NZ, Pukekohe
Commercial Beekeeper. Mid Canterbury. 1400 hives. Light
grade honey, and comb honey production.
Executive Director of Comvita NZ, the largest bee products
company in New Zealand.
Design and manufacture of stainless steel beekeeping
equipment, including centrifuges, extractors, controls,
honey packing systems. Hobbyist beekeeper, photography of
bees.
Research Technician - Honey Research Unit, Waikato
University
Commercial beekeeper/packer in Leeston
I am an engineer and after some 20 years have decided to
go bee hive farming in the country and now need help: best
location, size of hives needed etc etc
Commercial beekeeper producing mainstream and organic
honey. President of Poverty Bay Branch of the National
Beekeepers Association.
Two or three hives over the last four years. Live in the
country east of Auckland.
Commercial beekeeper in Kihikihi
Commercial beekeeper in Marlborough with 800 hives
producing manuka and clover honey. Looking for info on
instruments for insemination of queens. Please email me.
Glass Brothers Ltd, commerical beekeepers running 2000
hives, honey packers. Major extracter of Southland's
honey. Southland Beekeepers Branch President.
I would like informtion about commercial breeding of
bumblebees for pollination.
Commercial beekeeper based in the Bay of Plenty, doing
kiwifruit pollination and honey cropping.
Beekeeping in the Nelson area . Specialising in pollen
production and special manuka honey Nectar Ease
Commercial beekeeper 50 km inland from Dunedin City. 1100
(and still looking for more!) hives, producing/ packing/
exporting certified organic clover honey. Otago Branch
National Beekeepers Assoc President.
Seaton Valley Queen Bees based in Nelson New Zealand.
World wide suppliers of high quality queen bees.
My 2 sons and are interested in starting beekeeping,any
information on how to set up and obtain equipment would be
appreciated.Living in North Auckland.
Beekeeper in Milton, Honey Industry Trustee
Farm 150 hives - produce queen cells, queen bees, royal
jelly, pollen & honey. Also manufacture portable queencell
incubators.
Telford graduate 1998, currently running 50 hives in south
Otago.
Beekeeping equipment supplier in Christchurch, NZ.
Hobby beekeeper (120 hives) and secretary of Wanganui
Beekeepers Club.
HobbYist, used to have 5 hives, but now only have 1,
planning to breed back up to 4 or 5 hives. Would apreciate
some tips on splitting of hives. I would also like some
tips on how to run the hives so they do not need checking
during Uni semesters since I live in a halls of residence
at University, 140+ km away from my hives and with no car.
Am 18, and had hives since around 10, co-owned with my
father (now dead).
Commercial beekeeping in Gisborne
I have approx 300 hives and I have invented the Ezi Queen
and a Royal Jelly system. I am involved in the production
of royal jelly. I am also developing a Queen finder and a
plastic beehive.
Scientist, Palmerston North, Hort+Research
Third generation beekeeping in Northland. Producing manuka
and comb honey.
Doing pollination also.
Bee scientist in Hamilton
Hobbyist with 25 hives and a few years experience.
I am a hobby beekeeper with a few beehives in my backyard
for 15 years and like all aspects of beekeeping.
I like all aspects of beekeeping, special queenrearing,
have hives for 18 years, in my backyard.
AgriQuality NZ, Blenheim
Commercial beekeepers from Cambridge in the heart of the
Waikato. Producers of honey, bee pollen and propolis.
Research technician, Hortresearch
Haines Apiaries & Bee Breeders Ltd, Kaitaia, New Zealand.
2nd generation beekeeper, 2500 hives, producers and
exporters queen bees and package bees, producer Manuka and
other honeys. Franchise holder Pierco Plastic one piece
frame and foundation sheets for NZ and Australia.
Hobby beekeeper with 30 hives. Kept bees in both UK and
Wellington for the past 15 years. Breeds queens (just),
supplies equipment. Vice President of Wellington
Beekeepers Association.
I am interested in setting up a hive in our one acre
garden at the beach south of Whangarei, Northland, New
zealand. We are near other houses,but also near extensive
farming areas. Please can give me any advice.
Hobbyist for 20 years with 4 hives on bank area of our
garden in the small city of Napier.
800 hives, in waikato for honey and pollination.
Hobbyist just preparing to go commercial in Auckland
Run about 1000 hives for Pollination, honey, bulk bees,
propolis and export some queenbees. Have experience in
beekeeping for over 25 years.
Beekeeping for 21 years and am currently running a
beekeeping programme at Rimutaka Prison in Upper Hut
Commercial beekeeper in North Otago
Employee of Honey Creations, Taupo
Honey Creations Ltd, Taupo
hobbies are fine but are you still a hobbiest with 50
hives? I look after my hives in the Tokoroa region and
produce clover, black berry, and a bit of manuka. I
beleive that
beekeeping is good for the soul.
50-60 hives. Collects pollen. Around Matamata in the
Waikato area. Juse pissing around getting stung for fun!
Alexandra, New Zealand. Part time beekeepers - thyme,
clover and vipers bugloss honey, 200 hives.
We are commercial Beekeepers on the canterbury plains
foothills and mountain regions. Producing Organic
certified clover, honeydew & manuka. Interests are queen
breeding and protein levels in bee stock.
Executive Director of the National Nutritional Foods
Association of New Zealand.
30 years experience. Currently have 350 hives spread over
the Wellington region, mainly producing kamahi and manuka
honey.
Involved in the beekeeping industry for 26 years, 13 years
as a Commercial Beekeeper and 13 years as Manager of NZ
Beeswax Ltd.
Commercial beekeeepers specialising in producing Bio-Gro
certified organic Manuka honey from the Coromandel
Peninsula.
I am seeking employment with beekeepers in the Netherlands
or U.S.A. My only experiance is 5 months in Israel with
approx 1000 hives, involved with catching queens and
placing new queens, frame replacement, fixing and
construction of hives, feeding and bottling honey.
I am an electrician by trade, but would very much like a
career in the honey business.
Have 10 years + experience in both North & South Island of
New Zealand. Have 120 hives and expanding!!
Bkpr (queens) in Taranaki
A beekeeper currently working in Canada.
MAFRA SPS Advisor
Employee of Honey Creations, Taupo
25 hives situated in Tauranga and Coromandel. Interested
in all aspects of beekeeping.
Commercial beekeeper based in the Pohangina Valley,
Manawatu
Commercial Beekeeper near Dunedin. 2,000 hives. Chairman
NBA Marketing Committee, MD Southern Honey Exports,
producers and exporters of comb honey and bulk clover
honey.
1700 hives in Central Otago, clover honey, comb honey,
Southern Honey Exports (SHE) director, packs Bennies
Honey, curler of some reknown, Exec member of the NBA from
July.
Veterinarian, bee diseases specialist. All aspects of
beekeeping.
Recently appointed as a full-time Apicultural Advisory
Officer with AgriQuality New Zealand Ltd. Have kept bees
on and off since approximately 12 yrs old (42+yrs). Taught
by grandfather, have had plenty of commercial NZ
beekeeping experience. Currently have 6 hives but ran
around 1000+ beehives as a full-time commercial beekeeper
in 1970's and early 1980's.
Commercial apiarists for 15 years. PRIME manuka honey
producers in Nelson, top of the South Island. Produce
videos... beekeeping, training, sales.
Commercial beekeeper, Opotiki, Eastern Bay of Plenty.
Pollination and bush honeys, but main interest golf.
Commercial family business established in 1952.
Producers,packers and marketers of Manuka,Active Manuka,
Rewarewa, Clover Tawari blend and comb
honey for local and export markets.
Graduate Student in sociology at Univ of Canterbury.
Daughter, seasonal employee of Derek Newton, commerical
honey producer in Mid Canterbury. Anticipate undertaking
Masters thesis in 1998 investigating impact of
organisation/structure of NZ honey industry on individual
beekeepers.
Specialist Beeswax Company. Manufacturers of Beeswax Comb
Foundation, including Bio Gro, Coloured Comb Foundation
for candles. Comb and slum rendering. Buyers of crude
beeswax. Suppliers of beekeeping equipment and woodware.
Hobby beekeeper with a couple of hives in my Christchurch
front garden.
We have 110 hives and are setting up to rear quality
queens with the aim of exporting in the future. We are
also collecting pollen and propolis and are interested in
collecting bee venom.
Commercial beekeepers with 1000 hives mainly native bush
blends, manuka etc, pollination kiwifruit (green & gold)
bulk honey. Packing for local market. Manager Mike Woods.
20 Years in the beekeeping industry in South Auckland. A
director of Happy Valley Honey (N.Z.) Ltd which produces
honey, pollen, propolis, Royal Jelly and many
commercial products incorporating these ingredients.
Supplier of bee products by
mail order and export.
Manufacturer of bee product items (soaps, etc)
Central Otago, about 30 hives and looking to get out of
control. I've been mucking around with Apis mellifera
since the early eighties after working for Waikato Honey
Products in Kihikihi.
AgriQuality NZ, Hamilton
Specializing in kiwifruit pollination and honey
production, based in the western Bay of Plenty.
Commercial Beekeeper to 300 hives South Auckland producing
honey and propolis. President Franklin Beekeepers Club.
Interests two queen hives and queen raising.
700 hives in eastern Bay of Plenty for pollination,honey -
pohutukawa,manuka,pasture - pollen and bulk bees.
30 years beekeeping experience, contract extraction plant,
honey production, pollination etc.
Commercial beekepers based in Bay of Plenty. We produce
Manuka, Native bush and clover honeys and do fruit
pollination. We offer a contract honey extraction service.
Happily retired to Takaka Golden Bay. Known for many years
as the B.....Man in the Dept of Ariculture/MAF or what
ever it's called now. Since retiring I am keeping very
busy, without having to lift heavy hives. I am concerned
at the amount of false labels that appear on honey jars
these years, what ever happened to the true to type honeys
of yesteryear. Rata never was dark brown!!!!
We've been beekeeping off and on since 1975 (25 yrs), hive
numbers varying from none to 400. About 100 at present.
Chris' current day job is ecologist (threatened species)
with NZ Dept. of Conservation, Robin's is librarian.
Beekeeping interest is outside with the bees rather than
in the honey house (we don't have one).
60 colonies, dry coast, 24 yrs part-time exp.still learning
I have more than 20 years active experience in bee-
keeping. In fact I
have been around bees since I was born as my grand father
and my father
kept bees, too. Originally I am a language teacher, but am
employed now in
IT industry. I came to New Zealand from Croatia 7 years
ago. In Croatia,
we worked with 50-70 hives, primarily as a second income,
producing
several types of honey, pollen, royal jelly, beeswax and
propolis. Since
we have come to NZ, I haven't had a chance to get involved
in beekeeping
due to various circumstances, but fortunately I may be in
a position to
change that at last. What I am looking for is any contact
and/or
information that can help me make the correct approach to
beekeeping here,
in New Zealand. I shall also seriously consider any
proposition, or
suggestion regarding professional, full-time involvement
in beekeeping, as
that is where I would like to be heading. I shall
appreciate any
information that could lead me to the right people and
organisat!
ions. Thank you.
Science technician at Hort+Research, interested in all
aspects of beekeeping especially in bee diseases.
Kiwi Bees, Kerikeri
240 hives. Pollination beekeeper Gisborne
30 hives with seven years experience with commercial
beekeepers in South Canterbury, New Zealand.
800 hives in the Hawkes Bay area and produce honey, pollen
and pollination.
Commercial apiarist specializing in supplying clover honey
mainly. Depending on climatic conditions I can produce
rata and kamahi. Honey byproducts are beeswax. As a second
generation beekeeper I enjoy the life style after having
had a number of years in the engineering industry.
From the Bay of Plenty between Whakatane and Rotorua, with
3 hives. Work for beekeeper in the Wanganui area with 800
hives.
I have 800 bee hives. I have been beekeeping for 24 years.
I produce manuka, clover and thistle honey.
Formerly AAO MAF Quality Mgmt Tauranga and with Comvita.
Very clued up and involved in NZ beekeeping. Now with
HortResearch.
Been hard at it since 1979, progressed from 5 hives to a
fluctuating semi-commercial 200 - 400, has its ups and
downs! I'm based in Dunedin but I'm told I shouldn't be if
I want to make any money... Love beekeeping all the same.
Specialise in multi-floral bush (rubbish) honey and also
get some quality manuka.
400 hives in Otago, pollination, thyme honey, clover and
vipers bugloss, looking at royal jelly this year
250 hives, clover honey and pollination. 15 years
experience.
Palmerston North beekeeping supplies and honey centre, 12
years keeping bees.
200 hives with 22 years experience. Now part time
currently employed as an ambulance officer in Hawkes Bay
(Wairoa, with the hives near Turangi.
Hobby beekeeper - 15 hives, have been beekeeping for 10
years. Have two yards on which my beehives are situated.
All aspects of beekeeping interest me very much.
We are on a 10 acre block, horticultural area, Whangarei .
Wanting to set up a couple of hives as a hobby. Would
appreciate any assistance .
Have worked for Glass Brothers for the last year. I have
3 hives of my own.
Manager of BEETECH Engineering Ltd. Specialists in
providing innovative and practical solutions for all
aspects of honey processing. I welcome hearing from
anybody considerering or wishing to upgrade their
extracting or packing plant. I can assist you in making
the right equipment choices.
Hobbyist beekeeper (works for Royal Society of NZ)
Operating 800 hives for comb honey, at Ashburton.
Agribusiness Consultant, Agriculture New Zealand Ltd
Running 100 hives of my own and managing 1000 on the side!
Kiwifruit (Gold and Green) pollination and bulk honey and
packing for local market under brand name HIKUTAIA HONEY.
Would prefer to be fishing most days (if only)
Queen breeder
New Zealand
New Zealand
We run 700 hives and produce Vipers Bugloss honey from the
Waitaki Valley in the South Island. The first hive I had
was in 1984 and have built the numbers up from then.
Norway
British citizen. Hobby beekeeper and resident in Norway
for over 20 years. I am retired and am currently
overwintering 100+ colonies (2001)and aim to build up to
200 colonies - not much by NewZealand standards but we
have Varroa, very high costs and fairly low temperatures,
so don't mock. I'd like to come in contact with people
with a similar background who could do with some seasonal
help in their peak summer work and who would would be
interested in helping with my harvesting in SEP-OCT 2002.
Prof. beekeeper with 500 hives, PhD in molecular biology,
interested in all aspects of bee-biology and beekeeping.
Pakistan
Honeybee Scientist for 35 years. I work for National
Honeybee Research Institute under Pakistan Agricultural
Research Council at Islamabad. Interested to share
experience of beekeeping world.
I am bekeeper since 1984. I am the only beekeeper who has
apiries at different ecological zone of the country and
having a network of honey marketing in the country. Total
having 300 colonie. Interest: Import of bee colonies,
queens, equipments and training materials. Also interested
to exchange views with beekeepers.
Philippines
To run 500 to 1000 hives in the northern part of the
Philippines Rizal, Cagayan de Luzon. Still doing research
studies on all honey and beekeeping field.
Starting only in beekeeping,need addditional information
on housing,queen bees,etc..
I am a first year agriculture student of Silliman
University. I am very much interested in bee keeping. If
you have tips and information for me, I would very much
appreciate it.
I'm a newbee (with zero knowledge) in this field looking
for all possible information I could get to start
beekeeping. Hope some of you could help me out.
Hobbyist. Novice. More interested in sustainable
beekeeping that will help small farmers in our country.
Cebu, Philippines, with no experience with bees but would
like to learn. Hope some of you nice folks will e-mail me
and help me out.
Graduated as Entomologist at Benguet State University,
Philippines in 1999. Two months after graduation I was
employed in Canada as a beekeeper until at present. Had 6
years experience in beekeeping industry; 3 years in the
Philippines and 3 years in Canada. We run 4,500 hives for
honey production and pollination in Southern Alberta. I am
interested in working in different places like U.S, NZ,
UK, and Australia.
200 colonies, one year experience, want to learn more
about queen rearing and royal jelly processing
Coordinator of the Bee Program at the University of the
Philippines (Los Banos, Laguna). The Program's mission is
to promote sustainable beekeeping through research and
development in the Philippines. Has been rearing Apis
cerana for more than 30 years. I am doing research on the
biology and hive design of our local A. cerana.
I have been a beekeeper since 1979 and keep hundreds of
colonies of apis mellifera. My wife, Violaine, has been a
beekeeper since 1987 and we produce all the 6 primary bee
products and many other by products such as beeswax-honey
and propolis soaps and shampoos; beeswax candles; honey
wine and cider vinegar; beehives; bee equipment and much
more.
We run Ilog Maria Honeybee Farms, run 700 colonies and
have 20+ years experience in tropical beekeeping.We
produce honey, pollen, royal jelly, beeswax and propolis.
We are starting to produce small quantities of bee venom
and wish to learn more about how it is produced and used.
1 year experience with 10 hives, Cainta, Rizal, Luzon Is.
Would like to learn more about queen rearing, non-chemical
varroa control and apitherapy.
Hobbyist with 5 hives and would like to get into queen
rearing. Would apprciate contact persons or e-mail
addresses of suppliers including instruments for
insimination.
Poland
My name is Tomasz Jakubiec. I am 22 years old. I work with
bees from early childhood. Together with my father we have
500 styrofoam hives. I am very interested in Australian
and New Zealand Beekeeping. I would like to visit that
part of the world. I was already on young beekeeping
exchange in U.S.A. six years ago. Please email me.
Beebreeder and proffessional beekeepers from NE Poland.
300 carnolian colonies. Honey, pollen and wax candles.
Instrumental insemination of bee queens. We prefer
Langstroth-Root frame.
Beekeeper, 10 years experiences, 34 age, producing honey-
dew from fir-tree.
Portugal
Portuguese hobbyist beekeeper, 30 hives 13 years
experience, testing "Buckfast/Iberian" hybrid queens in
Iberian conditions.
Prof. beekeeper with 1500 hives in the SW of Portugal, and
produce honey, pollen and pollination. Meis monoflorais de
Rosmaninho, Urze, Girassol e Medronheiro(mel Amargo),
Polinizacao de culturas ao ar livre e em estufas, Producao
de polen, predominante de esteva.
Romania
A lifetime (30 year) experienced beekeeper, looking for a
in beekeeping. As a child I started from helping my father
and so I got a passion for beekeeping. After the
highschool I continued the studies and I've got
job. I derive from a familly of beekeepers with tradition
specialization in beekeeping at college with I graduated
in 1982.
In 1983 I got employed at a big firm and I've received 150
bees famillies (beehives). The purpose of the firm was :
pollination , pollen, honey, propolis, venom, swarms. An
important aspect is that excepting the transporting work I
didn't have any help in my work. Yes I can take care of
150 beehives by myself. That wasn't my choice, but here
these are the conditions of work and I do my best with
pleasure. I live in Romania and I have a wonderful
familly, 5 kids and 3 nephews. The reason I do want to get
a job is that I want to provide a better life for my
familly. Although I have such an experience and knowledge
my pretensions are modest and I am prepared even to work
the first month for free, just to enable you to check my
skills. I'm looking for a job (permanent or seasonal)
prefferably in the Canada, U.S., Australia, West Europe,
but I will consider other offers as well. I didn't mention
that I also have a truck clean driving license. I don't
smoke and I don't drink alchool. If interested in a
serious, dedicated employee, please email me.
My name is Ardeleanu Ionel. I'm 47 years old. I'm a
chemestry teacher. I have 25 hives and 15 years of
experience. I'm interested to work with contract in
Canada. Please contact me.
I like to know much more about queens.
My profession is mechanical engineer specialist in food
industry machines and
plants and I love very much organic farming , especially
the beekeeping. I am a hobbyist beekeeper since 1997. I
have 7 collonies and I am interested to gain experience in
Organic-Byodinamic Beekeeping. I would like to work in an
Organic Apiary ( good knowledges in beekeeping and
packaging-KRONES certified for filling-labbling tehnology).
60 hives, 10 years experience. 35 years old.
80 hives, 25 years experience.
Student in Romania, experience beaucoup de 12 ane,je
interese de patology of bees,particulereman de elimination
ecologic aux loques.
Russia
I sell bee venom.
My family and I have 80 hives. Our apiary situated in
Nizhniy Novgorod region. 15 years experience. We produce
honey, bee pollen and propolis products. We grow Phacelia
tanacetitolia on own 25 acre. I am an engineer and my wife
an economist and a painter. All contacts and all
information are welcome.
15-30 hives, 27 years experience
I'm a beekeeper with a diploma from Russia. I've 100
colonies and about 20 years of experience in beekeeping.
I'd like to have practical training or work during some
months or more on any apiary for increasing of my
knowledge.
I am a beekeeper with 15 years experience. I have a
business in the southern regions of European parts of
Russia, serving approximately 70 hives. I am interested
in having a partner for cooperation and business
expansion. I am looking for more information about modern
techniques in beekeeping.
I am a beekeeper with 10 years experience. I have 15
hives. Our apiary situated in Pskovskay region, Velikie
Luki. I am an engineer telecommunications.
Scotland
110 colonies, 5 years experience. Aims to promote
beekeeping excellence and research as well as working up
to 1500 colonies in Scotland and New Zealand by 2002.
Looking for opportunities!
Normally 50 hives. Main target crop is heather honey. 10
years experience, keen on Q rearing and talking to others
by email. Always interested to learn about other methods.
Singapore
Interested in beekeeping; will consider take on as part-
time. At or near retirement age. Appreciate anyone who is
willing to share some knowledge with me. Thanks.
I am interested to buy unprocessed honey on a regular and
commercial quantity.
Main manufacturer of honey refractometer in the world,
serving beekeeping industry for 50 years with the same
quality as ATAGO and absolutely competitive price.
Slovenia
Hobby beekeeper with 25 hives for ten years. I would like
to receive information about queens, mite resistant bees,
other information about beekeeping, sales.
South Africa
Bee researcher from South Africa
Involved in beekeeping for 20 years and currently run 200
hives in Durban, South Africa. Wish to gain experience in
either New Zealand or North America on a seasonal or
fulltime basis.
South African researcher (studying bees and volcanic
activity)
I need info on observation beehives and observation hive
beekeeping. Also need info on
beekeeping gadgets and beehive loaders.
South African beekeeper
Manufacturer of apiary equipment. Hobbyist beekeeper with
50 hives. Interested in making contact with N.Z beekeepers.
Beginner hobbyist emigrating to NZ early in 2000, looking
for someone in Auckland's North Shore area to correspond
with.
Ninety hives in the Western Cape. Capensis bees. I have
been a beekeeper for more than twenty years. Would like to
corespond with NZ beekeepers. I supply and install uPVC
windows , doors and Aluminium Roller shutters to make a
living. Beekeeping is only a hobby. I mainly do apple
pollination and a bit of honey.
South African Beekeeper - Hobbyist in Port Elizabeth
Bkpg part time since 1970. Member & Secretary of Eastern
Highveld Beekeeping Assn. Usually 80 hives but invasion
(manmade) of Capensis bees (S Africa has 2 strains,
Scutellata/Capensis) reduced to 10. Have spent this season
building up.
Spain
I keep 200 hives for 15 years. I produce especially
rosemary honey and I'm interested about medical uses of
bee products, specially propolis (I look for raw propolis).
Hobbyist, 9 hives in the arid zone of S.E of Spain . I
love to watch them.
Sweden
Swedish beekeeper, has made several visits to New Zealand.
20 hives, expanding to 40-50 hives. 2 years of experience,
Interested in Varroa treatment and all other aspects in
beekeeping.
I've been a beekeeping trainee in NZ in mid 80|s. Worked
two years in Tanzania with developement of beekeeping
skills among maasais in Arusha. Run a small apiary in
Sweden.
23 years beekeeping, queen breeding. Interested in
selection and insemination techniques.
Switzerland
Hobby beekeeper with 8 hives since 4 years.
Syria
Bee, queen and honey exporter to all countries. Ten years
experience in this business.
Togo
To all levels.
Trinidad and Tobago
I have 21 years experience in the management of
africanized honeybees in Trinidad. I have trained
beekeepers in Belize, Grenada, St.Kitts,Trnidad and
Tobago. I am available for beekeeping consultancies
anywhere.
Tunisia
I am a young beekeeper. I need experience from you.
Turkey
I am deputy governor of Ardahan province and director of
bee-keeping company in Ardahan province (Turkey). My
company has 3000 hives and financed by governorship of
Ardahan and aims to develop beekeepers in our province.
I'm the coordinator at Revolwing Fund Instytutyon of
Agrycultural, Economic and Industrial Enterpryses of DFT.
DFT (Development Foundation of Turkey) works on rural
development subjects including beekeeping. We are
interested in package bees teckniques. We want to use it
our kolony production. I'll be very glad if anyone send me
some information about it.
I run forty-to-eighty hives depending on the seasonal
changes. I started to take up beekeeping only five years
ago at the age of 35. I would like to benefit from the
experience of senior beekeepers. I would also be
enthusiastic about sharing my experience with the
beekeepers from any environment. I reckon our flora
challenges any beekeeper's knowledge and skill, partly
because a great deal of honey in Western Turkey is picked
in autumn in the months of September and October from
pines, not from the nectar of the flowers. Thus,
beekeepers' ultimate goal here is to increase the number
and strength of the bees until mid-September; they don't
like their colonies to shut down before autumn, which is
contrary to apicultural facts. I am interested in bee
species, photography, and varroa treatment with essential
oils.
I am looking for an e-mail pen pal.
I have been working about Apiculture and Bee Management in
Agriculture Faculty since 1990. I am a researcher.
Ukraine
Amateur beekeeper with 100 hives. I am interested in
photos on which are represented lifting gear for
disassembly and assembly of high beehives.
United Kingdom
Hobbyist beekeeper with 3 small apiaries in SW Scotland,
recently qualified as Scottish Expert Beemaster. Using
Modified National hives, awaiting the arrival of Varroa
Retired advisor, UK
MAFF National Beekeeping Unit (Central Science Laboratory)
regulatory, research and extension'
25 Colonies concentrating on developing Apis Mellifera
Mellifera strains in UK. Spring 97 target of 75 queens for
sale in UK and W Europe.
I have 5 hives in the Cotswold county of Gloucestershire.
Twenty five years expearience beekeeping. Secretary of
local beekeeping association. Currently encountering
varroa.
Small (3 Hive) apiary in Oxfordshire, England.
Editor of a new glossy magazine for beekeepers "Bee
Improvement" to be launched in April 1998. Amateur queen
rearer, raising about 200 pure mated black queens each
year, selected for gentleness and productivity. Working
on a PhD concerned with honey bee mating systems. 55 years
old with a beekeepers bad back.
I run 50-100 hives, I've been beekeeping for 20 years and
am employed in the summer months as a bees officer working
for the Central Science Lab . I've worked in Canada for a
commercial beekeeper and in California for a queen rearing
outfit. I would very much like to visit N.Z. in February
2001 for a couple of months and would like to visit
beekeepers there. Have you any ideas?
Hobby beekeeper. Use Langstroth and Modified National
hives. Interests: Queen rearing. Address: 78 Russell Road,
Toddington, Bedfordshire. LU5 6QF.
Uruguay
I am in charge of the Beekeeping Dept. at the Ministry of
Agriculture. 25 years experience in beekeeping extension.
I'm a teacher. I have been teaching since 1974. I'm a
beekeeper, too - 100 hives. I would like to receive
information about queens and pollination.
Exploitation de 4.000 ruches std.production de miel
propolis cera experience 30 ans. Interet: abeilles
resistente a varroa, rustiques. Razas italianas;
ligurianas; buckfast.
Insemination mecanique. Selection y maintient d une
population hybride local que nous utilisons sur place avec
laquelle nous travaillons. Travaillant a augmenter la
transmissibilite de caracteres de ces hybrides. Nous avons
un materiel genetique tres riche mais completement hybride
qui ne retransmet que de facon tres capricieuse les
aracteres des parents.
US
Second year beekeeper working 18 hives. Located in the
deep South
Tucson, Arizona. Eighteen hives looking to expand but we
have been in a bad drought and no stability in the weather
patterns which makes it hard to get ahead. Four years
experience, looking forward to learning how to rear
queens. We are in
highly Africanized zone but there are manageable if you
are determined.
Manages Pollen Control company, a pollination company that
collects pollen for nut and fruit orchards and puts it
back into the orchard most commonly by use of the beehive.
Hobbyist beekeeper in New Jersey. 2 hives, so far :-).
Started in April 1997
2 years working with essential oils to combat varroa mites
with Dr. Amrine (Univ of West Virginia). I was in NZ from
12/14 to 1/16/98 and it a beautiful and wonderful place. I
confess I spent most of my time on glaciers, rafting , in
kauri forests and in general having a fantastic time.
Riding in the South Island gave me the most opportunity to
visit with bees and I was impressed. I still have a supply
of COMVITA propolis lozenges here in the US. Get to New
Zealand if you can.
I'm a graduating liberal arts student who found a passion
for bees two years ago, but I have as yet been unable to
set up my own hives. I'm waiting for an opportunity to
make bees my primary occupation.
150-200 hives, 50 yrs, semi retired. Had 6000 hives
several yrs ago. Interested in Varroa control & pollination
Dallas, Texas, USA. Interested in observation hives and
appropriate technology beekeeping. Former Peace Corps
beekeeper in the Fiji islands.
20 hives, 4 years experience. Interested in raising
queens for personal use. Would like info on the different
types of traits in queens.
Wicwas press
Treasurer of Pierce County Beekeepers. I run about 50
hives for a self-sustaining hobby. In the Pacific
Northwest we get 3-4 distinct crops of honey.
Hawaii Dept of Agriculture. Involved in bee trans-
shipment issues with NZ bees passing through Hawaii.
Bees for 40 years. Pres of Chautauqua County Beekeepers.
Interested in bee breeding & genetics - A.I. disease &
mite resistant bees is a goal for us all
Hobbyist beekeeper in Maryland. I started keeping bees in
1991. I currently have four hives.
Research technician at Tucson, Arizona USDA Bee Lab for 30
years. Bachelor of Science in Entomology, Univ. of
Arizona. Specialist in identifying Africanized bees,
swarm trap monitoring of ISOLATED desert bee populations.
Have kept a few colonies occasionally, harvested pollen
and royal jelly.
Maintains the beekeeping FAQ
Beekeeper, development consultant in Colorado.
Queen breeder, interested in breeding varroa resistant
queens.
Pollination beekeeper South Carolina
Sideline beekeeper. Coordinator of HIP (Honeybee
Improvement Program) - cooperative effort to breed Varroa
Resistant bees. See more about HIP on my website -
http://www2.netcom.com/~griffes/
Have 100+- hives, 10+years experience; engineer,
biochemist/ecologist/naturalist; select out strong hives
with many positive attributes. independent apiary research.
I am the editor of the newsletter for the Connecticut
Beekeepers Association, U.S.A. Also, a small side-line
beekeeper.
I have 13 hives with 5 years experience. First year(2001)
for marketing honey. Would like to eventually market
pollen and propolis. And try my hand at wax molds and
candles.
North Carolina. Hobby beekeeper with six hives and ten
years experience. I just love to work with bees and watch
them work
Second year beginner with two hives. Have followed advice
of some locals but have only produced two shallow supers
of honey so far. Need any advice available to improve
production in the deep South. Temperatures reach the low
to mid 90s by early June, and continues into early
September. The bees seem to stop working when the
temperature goes up even though there is an abundance of
sourwood and other blooms available.
Certified Ohio Beekeeper, 7 hives, newspaper publisher,
and a person who loves New Zealand.
500 hives, in the business for 2 years, disease prevention
is important.
Homesteaders & Co. Apiaries. Western Washington State
beekeeper. Been in the business for 10 years. Currently
have 350 hives. Produce Pacific Northwest Specialty
Honeys & commerical pollination. Member of the Washington
State Professional Beekeepers Assoc. If interested in the
WSPBA and working together to benifit other professional
beekeepers in Washington State, Please contact me.
Retired professor, researcher, author of many beekeeping
articles and books
Bee Healthy bee products company in Wisconsin
Another gentleman and myself operate Ohio Queen Breeders.
We specialize in the production of instrumentally
inseminated breeder queens and instrumental insemination
equipment. www.ohioqueenbreeders.com
16 hives, 3 years experience, specialty mead making,
candles, top-bar hives and buckfast bees.
10 hives now, working toward more. At it for 7 years with
my two sons. Liquid and some comb honey.
20 hives, Buckfast, Italian and Russian Bees. 18
Langstroth hives and 2 D.E. Hives. 5 years experience.
3000 hives North Dakota & Texas 30 years experance want to
sell some or all and retire.
I am a new beekeeper woman and am interested in any other
woman in the field. It seems that I am of very few female
beekeepers. I have 50 hives and work with a local
beekeeper but mainly as a hobbyist. So far I enjoy the
work and look forward to any comments you may have. (CA).
800 - 1000 hives. Pollination in middle Georgia since
1970. Special interest in isolating different types of
honey
Hobby beekeeper 12 years. Keep about 5 hives. Make mead
and use honey in my homebrew.
I have about 2,000 beehives in California.
Beekeeper of 30 years working with mite resistant AHB bee
project producing "non" hormonal, chemical free comb honey
in Paraguay, South America.
Hobby beekeeper - 5 hives, 6 yrs experience, producing
wildflower honey & propolis. Will now start expanding to
25 hives.
Hobby beekeeper, 21 years experience. Maintains bee
disease graphics identification site at
http://www.kohala.net/bees/
Commercial beekeeper with about 900 hives. about 30 yrs
exp. We pollinate seed crops,berries,apples and cucumbers
in Skagit, Snohomish, Whatcom & Island Counties in the
state of Washington.
Georgia, with 200 hives - favoring comb honey production
and pollen collection/sale. Produce lots of nucs for
spring sale. Raise gentle heavy honey gathering
queens.Have mastered creamed honey production and now
adding flavors. Converting all hives to 6 5/8 boxes only .
20 hives with 11years experience doing research to fond a
vorroa resistant bees and the use of formic acid to kill
the mite
17 years beekeeping, 20 hives, 4-H bee project leader,
vice-president of Gilroy Beekeepers Association, public
relations for bees and beekeeping is a major interest.
I just started to explore this very interesting hobby. I
have started this past year with just two hives. I
quickly figured out that I could expand to more without
ordering new queens. I am expanding to at least ten new
hives this spring, along with the four I have now. I enjoy
working with the bees and taking pictures and placing them
on my website.
Commercial beekeeper, beekeeping for 30 years. Hhave
around 3500 colonies_
New beekeeper in Tennessee, U.S.A. with 1yr. experiance
and 2 hives. Am interested in all types of info on bees and
beekeeping.
Researcher, writer, Ohio
Extension, editor of APIS, Florida
US researcher/regulatory
I have a BA in Animal science and i'm a graduate student
at California State University in Environmental studies
program. I'm very interested in
bee pollination.
Sideline beekeeper, supplies bees f/o/c to MS people. Like
to know more about world beekeeping.
I don't have any hives. I am researching to get started
with a few at home to help pollinate my fruit trees and
berry producing bushes, but I am also interested in the
honey and wax, as well as finding a tough strain that will
not succumb to those mites! I also live in town but my
property borders an alley, so I am hoping to raise a few
there without it being a nuisance to neighbors. Any info
would be appreciated!
Have been backyard beekeeper in Maine since 1995. Have 10
hives primarily Italian stock. Love the personal
satisfaction and learning that comes from working with
God's greatest little workers. If only we worked half as
hard as our bees, and with half of the cooperation that
the bees show, then this world would be a much better plac
place in which to live. I extend my warmest greetings to
all my fellow beekeepers throughout the world.
Interested in sharing all types of bee and beekeeping
information for the past 18 years. I've worked in various
beekeeping operations. I've kept up to 28 colonies
personally. Active member of several beekeeping clubs.
Visit www.honeybee.com for more info.
10 hives fall of 20'00, but expanding. Interested in bkpg
since '78 but didn't have space/money to start til '97.
'01 producing nucs for sale, starting selection of breeder
queens for small queen rearing sideline. We love Apis
Mellifera! My wife and I enjoy our time spent with the
"Girls".
Ten years working bees. 45-65 hives per year. Raise my own
queens, sell nucs and singles in the spring.
I have 12 hives and plan to expand. 4 yrs. experience. I
am looking for an E-Mail pen pal.
I have 80 hives and a growing honey business. I am a third
generation beekeeper here in the mountains of northern
Georgia. I enjoy working with the bees, I can always find
something else fascinating to learn about them. My wife
goes into the local schools and teaches the children about
the importance of honey bees in their lives.
I am a honey lover and a beekeeping hobbyist of the
past when I lived in Wellington, NZ.
US (Hawaii)
Looking to buy bee pollen from Asia Pacific beekeepers.
USA
40+ colonies, New York (northeastern USA); extracted aNd
cut-comb honey and nuc production; moveable frame and top-
bar beekeeping; home queen rearing; 26 yrs. experience, as
avocation and some-time employee of commercial apiaries.
Interested in corresponding with any beekeepers in Oceana,
Africa, or Asia.
USA-Guatemala
15 years working with bees, PhD student in entomology,
disertation "The apiculture in the Maya Civilization".
Any information is very welcome.
Wales
Beekeeping since '81, running 15 hives. Chairman of the
Aberconwy and Colwyn Beekeeper's Association, an active
assoc with 65 members. The assoc is involved in organising
the Conwy Honey Fair, a Charter Fair granted by Edward 1st
allowing Welsh people into the walled town to sell honey.
The Conwy Valley is a productive area with a long active
history of beekeeping.
Yugoslavia
42 old, 7 years of experience in bee-keeping (40 hives). I
am mechanical technician by profession and make hives
myself. I would like to gain new experience in bee-keeping
and to work in a professional apiary in New Zealand,
Australia or Canada.
Please contact me.
30 hives, 22 years experience, working with Mr. Franjo G.
Tomazin, Bee queen selection.
I have 31 hives and plan to expand.15 years experiance.Use
D/B and modified DB (Farrar) hives. All aspects of
beekeeping interest me very much especially about Farrar
hives. I am looking for an e-mail pen pal.
New beekeeper. I am interesting to buy bee products.
I am interested only for propolis..
New beekeeper. Needs more informations about bees, hives
and beekeeping.
I am enginier of forestry, and I have 30 years of
expirience. Looking for new approach in beekeeping. I am
especialy interested in "triangle hive". If anyone have
any information about triangle box for hive, please
contact me. I am also interested in scientific researches
projects in all countries. I am preparing material for my
book about techology, techniques of beekeeping. All
information and all contacts are welcome.
50 hives, 15 yrs of experianse, hive construction,
treatment of Varroa plus all other aspects of beekeeping.
Want to add yourself to my address book?
This will post the information to me. It might take me several days
to get your name added (I'd like to have it automated, but haven't figured
that part out yet!)
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