A major campaign is in its final stages to gain support for a commodity levy for the bee industry.

OPINION: Honey isn't the gold mine the media often sets it out to be.

A lad from a dairy farm in Wairarapa has commercialised bee-keeping technology after a prototype invention won him the 2013 Fieldays Innovation Awards in the Launch NZ category.

Manuka honey could long term earn more money for a central North Island Maori trust than its sheep and beef farming operation.

Thefts of honey and beehives are a growing issue for beekeepers.

The Ministry for Primary Industries is taking more time to review submissions to its consultation on the definition of Manuka honey.

The authenticity of manuka honey exported from New Zealand is to be settled once and for all.

A survey has found beehive losses around the country last year to be 9.78%.

Export revenue for New Zealand pure honey reached a record $315 million for the year ended 2016, up 35% on the previous year.

The beekeeping industry expects to be disrupted for months because of the Kaikoura earthquake last November 14.