Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research conducts the New Zealand Colony Loss Survey on behalf of the beekeeping industry and the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI).
The survey aims to:
Provide feedback so that New Zealand beekeepers can compare their own experiences with national and international information- Provide feedback so that New Zealand beekeepers can compare their own experiences with national and international information
- Explore new insights about potential causes of losses and ways to prevent them
- Provide an evidence base with accurate facts and data to inform industry and government
- Form a framework for building a long term picture of annual or seasonal trends in colony losses
