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Historic New Zealand Beekeeping
Apiary siting - 1928
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<blockquote data-quote="John B" data-source="post: 5843" data-attributes="member: 207"><p>It's actually quite easy to overstock an area with hobbyists hives especially in urban environments as so much of these are non-productive. Urban honey production around Hastings has dropped dramatically. Because of natural variability and honey production it's really hard to give accurate figures but my gut feeling is that hives are producing well below 50% of what they were 10 years ago in these areas.</p><p>Varoa caused a significant increase in my honey production because of less competition from feral hives, unfortunately this has now been offset by a massive increase in managed hives (or mismanaged)..</p><p>There must be an awful lot of bad beekeepers in New Zealand because even in a bad year I normally get well above the national average and in a normal year would get close to double. I wasn't flash at maths but if I'm getting double someone is getting not very much.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="John B, post: 5843, member: 207"] It's actually quite easy to overstock an area with hobbyists hives especially in urban environments as so much of these are non-productive. Urban honey production around Hastings has dropped dramatically. Because of natural variability and honey production it's really hard to give accurate figures but my gut feeling is that hives are producing well below 50% of what they were 10 years ago in these areas. Varoa caused a significant increase in my honey production because of less competition from feral hives, unfortunately this has now been offset by a massive increase in managed hives (or mismanaged).. There must be an awful lot of bad beekeepers in New Zealand because even in a bad year I normally get well above the national average and in a normal year would get close to double. I wasn't flash at maths but if I'm getting double someone is getting not very much. [/QUOTE]
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