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Kōrero: Beekeeping

Winter feeding

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Winter feeding

In winter, wet, cold weather and an absence of flowers means that nectar is scarce. So beekeepers supply sugar to hives to keep the bees fed and healthy, and ready for nectar gathering in spring.

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Allan Gillingham, Beekeeping – Beekeepers, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/15767/winter-feeding (accessed 25 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Allan Gillingham, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.