Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research, now part of the Bioeconomy Science Institute, 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- 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
