The Foster Method: published in The Journal of Apiculture Research
February 08, 2024 – a world-first method, developed by dnature, to assist beekeepers in detecting the devastating disease, American Foulbrood Read More
February 7, 2024
Latest Situation & Outlook for Primary Industries
The Ministry of Primary Industries have published their outlook for New Zealand’s primary industries. The full report is here but Read More
January 17, 2024
The development of the Foster Method for AFB testing
2009 – dnature diagnostics & research ltd is established 2010 – our first company qPCR project is commissioned by MPI Read More
August 3, 2023
Honeybee Symposium & Apiculture Conference
This week promises to be a very busy week for the apiculture industry. The honeybee symposium runs for the day Read More
June 26, 2023
So many types of milk…..
Years ago there was cow’s milk and if you wanted a change, cow’s milk. Today, aside from the growth in Read More
April 4, 2023
Enter to win a Cell Drop
At dnature we’re all about green – it’s in our logo and we do our very best to reduce our Read More
February 23, 2023
Apiculture NZ report honey yields to have dropped significantly
Honey yields are predicted to be well down this season compared with the 10-year average of 19,000 tonnes. Final figures Read More
Increase in disease for beehives ‘concerning’ as more than 3000 destroyed in one year
More than 3000 beehives had to be destroyed in the year to May 2022, as the honey industry responded to Read More
February 20, 2023
Watch – how to swab your hive for the Foster American Foulbrood (AFB) method
Sometimes it’s nice to be able to watch & learn rather than reading instructions. We had a lot of fun Read More
January 26, 2023
Two new beer tests available now & some thoughts …..
We’ve recently launched two new beer tests for our brewery customers. These are for diastatic yeast and for the gene Read More