Rapanui Bees is a family based beekeeping business. We believe in doing things as close to nature as possible and market both creamed and raw honey.
Our work practices are bee friendly and although we do have to meet normal business targets we try and do this without exploiting our lovely furry little partners. We don’t transport our bees to commercial crop pollination and while around 50% of our hives are moved to Mānuka fields the remainder stay at home to enjoy the bee heaven here in the Waikato.
We harvest our honey gently with escape boards, making sure we look after the bees and leave some of their own supplies of honey and pollen as natural winter supplies. We replace our queens on a regular cycle to ensure hives stay healthy and virile, using our own queens that we grow in special incubator hives. Keeping a strong genetic mix is important helping to maintain the strength and honey gathering potential of each hive.
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