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Rent-a-bee

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Not only do beekeepers transport hives to sites near flowering plants for honey production, they also place them in kiwifruit orchards during flowering so that pollination will occur. In the Bay of Plenty, hives are rented to ensure a good kiwifruit crop.

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Allan Gillingham, Beekeeping – Beekeepers, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/video/15769/rent-a-bee (accessed 10 June 2026).

Story by Allan Gillingham, published 1 March 2009.

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bruce king
28 February 2012
Question plse - read in the nelson mail about local bee-keepers who provide and service a bee hive on local properties. No contact name was given. Do you have contacts for local nelsob regional keepers who do this?? thanks bbk