Raglan Apiaries

13/12/2023

Great Christmas Gift Ideas at Naturally Healthy
Coastal Bush Honey From The Natural Wilderness of NZ's West Coast
Rich and velvety, Kānuka Honey contains golden caramel notes. Not to be confused with its sister, Mānuka - it is sourced from the New Zealand tea tree. Raglan Apiaries Honey is raw and pure so it retains its goodness from the hive to your home. Harvested in New Zealand, their products are sweet, nourishing and of the highest natural quality.
Available at Naturally Healthy.
In Store and On Line https://naturallyhealthy.co.nz/search?type=product&q=raglan+apiaries
715 Grey Street - Claudelands Hamilton
phone 079583845

19/11/2023

Coastal Bush Honey From The Natural Wilderness of NZ's West Coast

Rich and velvety, Kānuka Honey contains golden caramel notes. Not to be confused with its sister, Mānuka - it is sourced from the New Zealand tea tree. Raglan Apiaries Honey is raw and pure so it retains its goodness from the hive to your home. Harvested in New Zealand, their products are sweet, nourishing and of the highest natural quality.
Available at Naturally Healthy.
In Store and On Line https://naturallyhealthy.co.nz/search?type=product&q=honey+raglan
715 Grey Street - Claudelands Hamilton
phone 079583845

26/04/2023

Help save this beautiful bird sanctuary that this family have worked so hard to develop.

Save Shaw's Bird Park

30/03/2023

On the journey towards visiting the Bees, sometimes it is good to stop and enjoy the views

01/03/2023

Inspecting the bees today, I am getting them ready for the colder months.

Usually this entails adequate food stocks for the Winter hibernation and checking that Varroa (honey bee parasite) and AFB ( American Foul Brood disease) are clear from all beehives.

The bees are happy and healthy and on a sunny day like today they like to come out and soak up the sun shine rays and stretch their wings.

A native stick insect was watching me inspect the hives from a near by kanuka tree, he was a big fellow a similar size to my right hand.

Good times

26/01/2023

Space the Beekeeper finding the Queen bee 🐝

Part of our routine check on our beehives is to ensure the queen is healthy and present, the queen bee is vital for the beehive to survive as the queen is the only member of the colony that lays eggs for worker bees and drones.

Fun fact

Healthy, fertile queens are capable of laying eggs almost constantly. During peak season, a quality queen can lay over 3,000 eggs per day - that's more than her own body weight in eggs in a day!

12/01/2023

The Raglan Apiaires Observation Hive

After many markets the team at Raglan Apiaires decided it would be of benefit to have the Bees come and join us, showcasing the honey makers themselves. We have hope this will promote education and curiosity into the world of honeybees and the great benefits they bring.

With the observation hive we do not bring the queen due to the stress it puts on the colony as a whole. The worker bees can smell the pheromones of the queen and will not like her absence.

We take a single frame of bees in which we try to include: honey, pollen, bee larvae and brood and also the male drone bees.

By chance you see us and our bees, come and say hello and ask us anything bee related, we are more than happy to share the wonders of the honeybees. 🐝

03/01/2023

Space and Bevan working the bees in the new year.

02/12/2022

Sharing some sweet goodness outside Go Eco this morning.

01/12/2022

We are down at the tiny shop today in Raglan until 4pm. Come on down to get your honey fix and sample all our flavors.

21/10/2022

Thanks Go Eco. We love sharing our honey and bee knowledge with others ❤️ 🐝