Taste the difference of our local honey, straight from hives in urban gardens around the Manawatu
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Whatever your reasons for wanting a hive in your backyard, Hives Manawatu can supply and manage a beehive (or two) for you. Honey bees provide a fantastic pollination service for your fruit trees, berries, vegetables etc. They also provide many hours of enjoyment simply watching them as they go about their business. With the arrival of the Varroa Destructor mite in 2000, NZ has seen virtually all
wild hives die out, and any swarms that aren't collected by a beekeeper usually die within 18 months of settling into their new home. By managing hives with a system using both organic and synthetic miticides, hives in urban areas can again thrive. Please visit our website at www.hives.nz for more information about hive rental and the other services provided.
The secrets to substituting sugar for honey!
We have been blown away with how popular our bakers honey sale has been, sale ends at midnight tonight so be quick if you wanted to stock up! Use promo code ANZAC at checkout for a 50% discount.
https://hives.nz/products/bakers-honey
50% off sale our Baking honey for a very limited time!
Our baking honey has a deep caramel taste, a lot stronger than our other honeys. It is the ideal sugar substitute in baking & a secret weapon in delicious baking!
Use the discount code ANZAC at checkout for 50% off until midnight 23/04/2024. Offer include free local delivery for Palmerston North, Feilding and Ashhurst addresses only.
This honey is produced through the extraction process, when we melt the wax cappings down into raw beeswax blocks in our wax melter. During this process, the honey is heated to around 70 degrees which gives it a bold caramel flavour, making it perfect for baking! Honey is much sweeter than sugar, so...
We are big fans of an Anzac bikkie! Perfectly crispy on the outside, and chewy in the middle. We have made ours with a modern twist, using our delicious baking honey instead of golden syrup, check out the recipe below to make yours!
Our wee sous chef had a great idea while baking this years bikkies "lets add chocolate mum". Lucky for him, I'm a Chocoholic and always have a reliable stash of on hand for the perfect treat.
1 cup rolled oats
1 cup plain flour
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup shredded coconut
1/4 cup Hives Manawatu Bakers Honey
125g butter
1/2 tsp baking soda
Preheat the oven to 160 degrees fan bake and prepare two oven trays with baking paper.
Combine the oats, flour, brown sugar and coconut in a bowl.
Gently heat the butter and honey until the butter is melted. Honey can burn quickly so lower the temp slightly to what you would normally to melt butter. Stir in baking soda. Pour mixture into the dry ingredients and mix well.
Roll mixture into small golf balls sized rounds and place on the tray - they will spread when cooking so avoid a large Anzac pancake by not placing them to close together. squish them gently with a fork.
Cook for the desired length for your perfect Anzac biscuit
- 15 minutes for a thin crunchy biscuit
- 20 minutes for a crunchy biscuit with the chewy centre
- 30 minutes for a chunky super hard biscuit.
Allow to cool on a tray before letting small hands get to them. If you're feeling adventurous, then melt a block of Whittakers creamy milk chocolate in a double boiler. Dip the cooled biscuits in and let them set on a tray lined with baking paper. Once all biscuits have been dipped, we mixed hot milk into the left over chocolate for the perfect hot chocolate & biscuit combo!
Get your bakers honey here https://hives.nz/products/bakers-honey?variant=44070162694387
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Did you know that bees create more magic than just honey?
💛 From the liquid gold of honey to the versatile beeswax, and the healing power of propolis, bees are truly nature's artisans! 🌼
Let's celebrate our small buzzy friends and their incredible creations that sweeten our lives and nurture our skin. 🐝
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We have a range of locally produced honey, produced in beautiful home gardens all around the Manawatu. We have a range of delicious honey from nearly every suburb in the Manawatu and also a selection of handmade beeswax balms
If we had to pick one thing that we are the most proud of with our small business - it would have to be the amount of repeat customers we have. While we always appreciate new customers, its the loyal customers that love our bees and honey as much as we do that we are the proudest of and most grateful for.
We had so much fun, thank you Busy Bees Featherston Street for having us!
Ngā mihi to Tash from Hives Manawatu for coming in and teaching our tamariki about honey bees 🐝
We enjoyed trying on bee keeper suits, tasting honeycomb and having your Manawatū Honey on warm toast 🍯.
We have many of our customers swear by consuming local honey to relieve their hayfever symptoms. We extract our honey in small batches, and sell it by the area that it was produced rather than the honey type - unlike every other honey company we know! this means that our honey is more local than local, making it the best local honey around!
Looking after the bees environment is very important to us, so we have carefully selected packaging that can be recycled or repurposed. All of our honey is packaged in glass jars, with label that can easily be peeled off.
Did you know we also offer a discount if you return your empty jar? Simply leave your clean empty jar in your letterbox ready for us to collect, and we will send you a discount code on your next order - too easy!
A quick easy mid week dinner - not to mention delicious!
Here's a simple honey lemon chicken recipe:
Ingredients:
- 4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
- Salt and pepper to taste
- 1/4 cup honey
- 1/4 cup fresh lemon juice
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 teaspoon lemon zest
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley (optional, for garnish)
Instructions:
1. Preheat your oven to 190°C
2. Season both sides of the chicken breasts with salt and pepper.
3. In a small bowl, whisk together the honey, lemon juice, minced garlic, and lemon zest until well combined.
4. Heat the olive oil in a large oven-safe skillet over medium-high heat. Add the chicken breasts and cook for 2-3 minutes on each side until golden brown.
5. Pour the honey lemon mixture over the chicken breasts in the skillet, making sure to coat them evenly.
6. Transfer the skillet to the preheated oven and bake for 15-20 minutes, or until the chicken is cooked through and reaches an internal temperature of 165°F (75°C).
7. Once cooked, remove the skillet from the oven and let the chicken rest for a few minutes.
8. Garnish with chopped fresh parsley if desired, then serve the honey lemon chicken hot with your favorite side dishes, such as rice, roasted vegetables, or salad.
Enjoy your delicious and flavorful honey lemon chicken!
Did you know one of the main ways bees communicate with each other is through dance! Bees dance around in a figure 8 pattern to let each other know exactly where to go to find food.
Is there anything that beats a really good toasted muesli with a dallop of fresh creamy Greek yoghurt? Yum! For this recipe we picked our Hokowhitu Urban honey for its brown sugar, vanilla and pear tasting notes. We highly recommend you try it!
Dry Ingredients
2 Cups of Oats
1 Cup of each crushed walnuts, sliced almonds, sliced brazil nuts, pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds and shredded coconut.
Dried Fruit
1 Cup of each chopped dried apricots and chopped dates
Wet Ingredients
1/3 Cup of peanut butter (you can use any nut butter, i just use peanut butter as that's a staple in our house)
1/2 cup of Hives Manawatu Hokowhitu Honey
1 decent tsp vanilla
Preheat oven to 180 degrees regular bake.
Line your biggest roasting dish, or metal oven tray with baking paper
Mix all of the dry ingredients together in your oven tray
Bake in oven for 5 minutes - make sure you set a timer as the coconut will burn easily
While muesli is toasting, put all wet ingredients in a saucepan over a medium heat to melt. Pour over heated dry ingredients and mix well to combine.
pop it back in the oven to toast, stirring at 5 minute intervals to prevent burning.
Once toasted to your liking, remove from oven and allow to cool slightly before stirring through dried fruit.
Allow to fully cool before transferring to a storage container - we love to store ours in a glass jar on the bench. Also makes a great snack during the day too!
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We have complied a short list of the most commonly asked questions we get through our website at markets and events.
Have you got any questions about honey?
We love an honest review! Here’s what Felicia Aull had to say about our Feilding honey.
We have been busy behind the scenes growing our wee family, so will be taking a short break from markets and events while Tash is at home with a new wee bub.
You can still order your honey & beeswax products online from our website. If you're local we will deliver right to your letterbox for free, or pop on the courier if you're a bit further away!
www.hives.nz
We love teaching people all about honey, as believe it or not, not all honey is the same!
We love to do things a little differently, instead of harvesting by honey type like many beekeepers, we harvest by area so we can capture the delicious flavour of each local area around the Manawatu - a difference you can taste!
BLACK FRIDAY SALE!!
Use code BLACKFRIDAY at checkout out to get 50% off our baking honey range.
The perfect substitute for sugar with a deep caramel flavour.
One of our most popular honeys is our Riverdale honey. A favourite on toast, in smoothies, or as a marinade on chicken. We are constantly getting a lot of great feedback on this wee guy. Have you tried it yet? If not, you can get your stash by visiting www.hives.nz
We are still offering free local delivery too - now it doesn’t get much easier than that does it!
What’s better than walking into your friendly local cafe and smelling that fresh coffee smell? Getting to stock up on your favourite local honey too! Boho Cafe is the perfect spot to enjoy a coffee and sweet treat in the sun, while grabbing your favourite jar of Hives Manawatu honey! It doesn’t get much easier than that!
Making a sweet swap in the kitchen! Say goodbye to refined sugar and hello to the natural goodness of honey! 🐝 It's not just a healthier choice, but our unique urban honey also adds a delightful depth of flavor to your recipes. Whether it's in your morning tea, or baked treats, give honey a try and let your taste buds thank you later! 🙌
We know many special men in our lives that appreciate a good honey! Spoil them this Father’s Day weekend with a sweet Hives Manawatu treat! Use discount code Fathersday at checkout for a sneaky discount too!
Did you know that while grabbing a hot coffee and something delicious out of the cabinet or off the menu at , you can also stock up on our Honey at the same time?
We popped down to our local Hokowhitu Farmers Market this morning to pick up a couple of goodies for lunch. We grabbed a pumpkin from Hensons gardens & a delicious fresh loaf of sour dough from Knead: fresh bread,desserts and more - the perfect combo for a wet day!
Here's the recipe - we highly recommend!
We cut the pumpkin in half & scooped out the middle, then cut a small piece off the bottom of the pumpkin so the halves would sit up with out rolling over!
We then combined garlic cloves (using a whole bulb), 50g butter cut in cubes, 250g cherry tomatoes, an onion quartered & fresh thyme from the garden. We popped it all in the hollows of the pumkpin, drizzled it with our Hokowhitu honey and seasoned it with Pepper & Me Man grind, then covered it with tin foil and roasted it for an hour and a half at 180 degrees.
Once roasted, we scooped everything out leaving only the pumpkin skin behind. We popped it in a pot with some vege stock and a can of coconut cream. We let it simmer for 20 mins, then blitzed it up, added a little more Man Grind and served it up. Delish!
https://hives.nz/products/hokowhitu-liquid-urban-honey
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🐝 Dive into the fascinating world of worker bees! 🌼 Ever wondered what keeps a beehive buzzing? 🍯 Let’s take a peek behind the scenes: Meet the MVPs of the hive - the worker bees! 🌟 From dawn till dusk, these incredible insects are the heartbeat of the hive. They’re the ones you see darting from flower to flower, but their job is so much more than just collecting nectar. 🌸 🔍 So, what exactly do they do? Here’s the buzz: 1. **Nectar Gatherers**: Worker bees are nature’s ultimate collectors. They zip around, sipping nectar from flowers with their straw-like tongues and storing it in their honey stomachs. 2. **Honey Makers**: Back at the hive, they transform that nectar into liquid gold - honey! 🍯 With precise teamwork, they evaporate the excess moisture from the nectar, creating the sweet elixir we all know and love. 3. **Builders & Architects**: Need a new honeycomb? No problem! Worker bees are master builders. They secrete beeswax from their bodies and mold it into intricate hexagonal cells, perfect for storing honey, pollen, and raising baby bees. 4. **Nursemaids**: Ever heard of “bee daycare”? Well, that’s essentially what these multitasking marvels do. Worker bees take turns caring for the growing larvae, feeding them a special mixture of honey and pollen called “royal jelly.” 5. **Guardians of the Hive**: Safety first! Worker bees also serve as the hive’s security detail, standing guard at the entrance and fending off intruders with their stingers. 🌟 Talk about a full-time job! So next time you see a busy bee buzzing by, remember, they’re not just gathering nectar - they’re keeping the hive thriving! Can you spot the bush guard bees in the video? 🌺🐝 #WorkerBees #HiveHeroes #Nature’sMarvels 🌿
Vibes from the hive today - our wee mates popping up to say hello #bees #local #manawatu #manawatufoodstories
We love an honest review! Here’s what Felicia Aull had to say about our Feilding honey.
BLACK FRIDAY SALE!! Use code BLACKFRIDAY at checkout out to get 50% off our baking honey range. The perfect substitute for sugar with a deep caramel flavour.
What’s better than walking into your friendly local cafe and smelling that fresh coffee smell? Getting to stock up on your favourite local honey too! Boho Cafe is the perfect spot to enjoy a coffee and sweet treat in the sun, while grabbing your favourite jar of Hives Manawatu honey! It doesn’t get much easier than that! #supportlocal #freshhoney #deliciouscoffee #GreatService
We will be at the Woman’s lifestyle expo on the 13th & 14th May at the Fly Palmy arena in Palmerston North! We have two tickets to give away. This event is running on Mother’s Day, so If you know someone who would love some free tickets, then tag them below, share this post and follow our page to go into the draw to win! Winners will be drawn on Wednesday 10th May 2023! Can’t wait to see you there!
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