Beekeeping 101

Log into HiveHub.  On the home screen click on 'My Apiaries' at the top of your screen. 
In the "Registered Apiaries” table click the pencil icon beside the colony number you want to change (the pencil appears when you hover your cursor over the Colony number).  Edit the number and then click save.

Log into HiveHub.  On the home page click on the “More” dropdown menu at the top.  Select “Sales and Purchases” and add a new sale.  Complete the details and save.

Log into HiveHub.  On the home page click on the “More” dropdown menu at the top.  Select “Sales and Purchases” and add a new purchase.  Complete the details and save.

You cannot change the GPS.  Please register a new apiary site and deregister the old apiary site if it does not have any beehives on it anymore.

Because an apiary site does not move (only the bees do), you need to register a new apiary site at your new address before deregistering the previous (now unused) apiary site at the old address.   

Please contact an apiary coordinator by email: apiary@nzbb.org.nz or phone 0800 232 767.  Provide your Beekeeper registration number and the MAF ID number of the apiary you need to update together with the reason you need to update it.   We will return the apiary to you in HiveHub.  You will find it ready for review under “Actions That Require My Attention” on your HiveHub home page.  Click on “Review” to edit and remember to save and submit once you have moved the marker. 

Register a new apiary at the new address before you deregister the old apiary which is no longer being used. 

There are two ways:

1.       On your HiveHub home page click on My Map, type in the address for the property your apiary is situated in. Zoom in and find the correct site.  Click on the +Add Apiary button at the top right hand corner of the picture. Then click on the correct spot where your hives are located (this selects the location and populates the GPS coordinates). Click on the blue “Add apiary details” button, complete all fields and submit the apiary for processing.  

2.       On your HiveHub home page, click on “My Apiaries” along the top of your screen.  Click on orange button marked “Register Apiaries” and follow the instructions on how to complete the form.

‍Log into HiveHub.  At the top of your home screen click on “My Apiaries”. Then click on the orange “De-Register Apiaries” button.  ‍ ‍

Read the instructions on how to complete the Apiary Deregistration Form.  ‍ ‍

Scroll down and select the apiaries you wish to deregister, then click on the orange “Confirm Selection” button.  If you are selecting both permanent and seasonal apiaries to delete, they will sort into two separate lists below. ‍ ‍

Under the list of selected permanent apiaries, click on “Remove” for each apiary. ‍ ‍

Under the list of selected seasonal apiaries, if the apiary was used for 30 days in a row, please tick the box to the left of the apiary, then click on the “Remove” button on the right.  ‍ ‍

When you have clicked “Remove” the apiary deletions will be submitted for approval by an apiary coordinator.  Before approving, the apiary coordinator will check that you are not deregistering your last apiary site without completing a deregistration form. ‍ ‍

Note that If you are deregistering all of your apiaries, you must also place your registration “on hold” by deregistering as a beekeeper.  You must submit a deregistration form because it includes your biosecurity declaration that you have removed all hive ware from your apiary sites so that there is nothing left out that bees can access and potentially cause the spread of AFB.

‍First ensure all hives are blocked and taken off the apiary sites and stored away for biosecurity purposes. Then you need to place your registration on hold (deregister) by completing a deregistration form.  If you have sold or given any hives away, you must ensure your beekeeper registration number has been removed from your hives and also notify NZBB who you sold or gave them to and how many. This can be done in the deregistration form, or by logging into HiveHub and recording it in sales and purchases (under the “More” drop down menu at the top of your home page) before deregistering.    ‍ ‍

You can find the deregistration form on our website home page under the “I’m leaving beekeeping“  button, or it can be accessed by clicking on the link below. Please complete all the required details and ensure the declaration that you have removed all hive ware is also ticked before clicking the submit button.

https://www.nzbb.org.nz/apiary-beekeeper-deregistration-form ‍

Once the form has been completed and submitted correctly, your deregistration can be processed and we will confirm by email. 

First ensure the sale is recorded in your HiveHub. On the home page click on the “More” dropdown menu at the top.  Select “Sales and Purchases” and add a new sale.  Complete the details and save. ‍ ‍

If you no longer own any beehives on any apiary, you need to place your registration on hold (deregister as a beekeeper) because you no longer own the bees and the apiary is now being used by another beekeeper. Please complete a Deregistration Form.  You can still declare that you have no bees on any apiary because either:‍ ‍

1.     You have requested your apiary be transferred to the new beekeeper in HiveHub; or ‍ ‍

2.     The new beekeeper will register a new apiary on your property in their HiveHub and your apiary will be deregistered because you are no longer using it.    ‍ ‍

Note: if you still own bee hives on another apiary, you must remain registered.‍

On the home page of this website in the top right corner click “HiveHub” to login.  Or click here. 

Your username is your email address and the password you created will have at least 8 characters, one capital letter and a number

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   Please ring us on 0800 232 767 if you require further assistance.

To change your email address please email apiary@nzbb.org.nz with your name and registration number, your old email address, and the new one you want to use.  As this is linked to your log in, a new password reset will come to you once the request has been processed.  Please ring us on 0800 232 767 if you require further assistance.

Your Annual Disease Return (ADR) is a prepopulated form showing all your private contact and online beekeeping records and can only be found by logging into your HiveHub account. 

This form can be completed online in your Hivehub account or downloaded as a PDF. 

If downloaded as a PDF, you then print and complete the form before emailing or posting back. 

Your Certificate of Inspection (COI) is a pre-populated form showing all your personal contact and apiary details and can only be found by logging into your personal HiveHub account. 

Your COI can be completed online in Hivehub or the form can be downloaded as a PDF for printing and completing before returning to us by email or post. 

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