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Message: <blockquote data-quote="tristan" data-source="post: 13822" data-attributes="member: 30">yeah, worlds largest amount of income from export honey and we are going broke doing it. figure that one out. a lot of little costs increase but no way to pass those costs on. many companies have got rid of the bees but have kept the packing/export side of things. there is still money to be made selling honey.the scary thing is i hear there is bigger companies closing down as well, as well as many small guys up for sale.NZBI talking about attracting the new beekeepers, well there's nothing attractive about an industry thats sinking. many beeks have retired, with many more each year with no replacements in the pipeline. if the slide keeps continuing to long, it may get to a point of not being recoverable.one of the other problems we have is pollination is undervalued and under paid. the only one afaik paying decent is kiwifruit. others are simply costing beekeeping to much money. if orchards etc start having to own/run their own hives and consequently pay the true cost of pollination, we may see that turn around.</blockquote>

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