Black Shepherd Apiaries
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Black Shepherd Apiaries is a family owned business based in Cambridge, NZ and has been operating si
It’s that time of year again…
The bees are busy, Really really busy ….
Right now, millions of tiny wings are moving from flower to flower, doing one of the most important jobs in our food system — pollination.
Without bees and other pollinators, so many of the foods we love simply wouldn’t be produced in the same abundance. Think apples, berries, kiwifruit, avocados, pumpkins, courgettes and so much more. 🍎🥝🥑🍓
It’s easy to think of bees and think honey — but their biggest contribution happens long before a jar ever reaches your pantry.
Every flower visited. Every grain of pollen carried. Every fruit that begins to form.
Our bees are out there doing what they do best. 🐝💛
Small creatures. Massive job.
Here’s to our hardworking little pollinators — helping put food on tables all across New Zealand. 🇳🇿
21/09/2026
There’s something about Clover Honey. 🍯
It’s the honey I grew up on — simple, familiar, and always in the cupboard. And now, all these years later, we’re producing our own for our family and yours. 🤎
Our New Zealand Clover Honey is beautifully smooth and naturally sweet, with that classic mild flavour that makes it an everyday favourite.
Honey naturally contains antioxidants and has long been loved as a soothing addition to warm drinks — but sometimes the best thing about it is simply knowing exactly where your food has come from.
From our hives, through our hands, to your table.
A little taste of childhood, bottled for the next generation.
Black Shepherd Apiaries
Hive to Home 🐝
19/09/2026
There’s something special about starting the day simply🍯
A spoonful of Black Shepherd Apiaries Mānuka Honey, a good coffee, and a little time before the day gets busy.
Harvested from our New Zealand hives and carefully handled by us from hive to home, our Mānuka MGO 180+ is rich, smooth and naturally delicious — perfect drizzled over breakfast, stirred into a warm drink, or simply enjoyed straight from the spoon.
Pure. Potent. Real.
New Zealand Mānuka honey, from our family to yours. 🐝🖤
And just like that… pollination is underway 🐝🌸
Seriously, HOW has this happened already?! 😅
It feels like five minutes ago we were finishing last season, and now the trucks are moving, the hives are heading out and another pollination season has officially begun.
The busy season is HERE.
Let the madness begin. 🐝
When we say we manage everything from hive to home, we really do mean every single step. 🐝
8pm and we’re still at it — making frames and getting everything ready for the season ahead.
The countdown to pollination is officially ON… and so is the grind. 💪🍯
Long days, late nights and a whole lot of work happens behind the scenes before our bees ever make it to the orchards.
Pollination season, here we come. 🐝
10/09/2026
With all the bugs and flu going around at the moment, it’s a pretty good time to add a little Mānuka into your everyday routine. 🍯🌿
New Zealand Mānuka honey is naturally packed with unique antibacterial activity and antioxidants, and is loved for soothing sore throats, supporting digestive health and being a delicious addition to your everyday winter wellness routine.
Our Black Shepherd Apiaries MGO 180+ Mānuka Honey is harvested right here in New Zealand and looked after by us from hive to home — from our bees, through extraction and packing, to the jar you take home. 🐝
A spoonful straight from the jar, stirred through warm lemon water, added to breakfast or drizzled over yoghurt — such an easy little daily ritual.
500g MGO 180+ Mānuka Honey — $35
Or 2 jars for $60 🍯🍯
Available through our website, or send us a message.
From our hives to your home. 🐝
10/09/2026
🐝🎨 HAUTAPU KIDS — THERE’S STILL TIME TO ENTER! 🎨🐝
We’d LOVE to see lots more entries for our Little Beekeepers Honey Label Design Competition!
This is your chance to go CRAZY with colour and imagination — bees, flowers, honey, hives… whatever you can dream up! 🌸🍯🐝 We love bright, fun, colourful designs, so don’t hold back!
🏆 The winning designer will receive:
🐝 A brand-new Black Shepherd Apiaries hoodie (our kids absolutely LOVE theirs!)
🍯 A selection of Black Shepherd Apiaries honey
🎨 AND the best part… their winning artwork will become the actual label on every jar of our Family Mānuka Honey!
We’re also incredibly proud to be partnering with Kids in Need Waikato, with $1 from every jar sold donated to support local Waikato kids. ❤️
So get those pencils, crayons and felt pens out this weekend and let those imaginations run wild!
If your child has lost their template or would like another one, please ask Geraldine at the school office, or get in touch with us and we can get one to you.
We can’t wait to see what our Hautapu kids create! 🐝🍯🎨
Black Shepherd Apiaries × Kids in Need Waikato
Proud to be supporting junior golf ⛳️🐝
We’re really excited to sponsor the new Black Shepherd Junior Twilight at Tirau Golf Club.
A great opportunity for young golfers of all levels to get out on the course, have fun, build confidence and enjoy a bit of friendly competition.
We love being able to support our local community — especially the next generation. 💛
See you on the course!
I often get asked, “Why is honey so expensive?” 🍯
And I always say — because it’s not an artificially made spread like Marmite or peanut butter. Honey has to be made by bees.
Millions of flowers are visited, our bees are cared for all year round, hives are transported and checked, honey is harvested, extracted, tested and packed — and at the end of it all, Mother Nature decides how much we actually get.
There’s no factory making more if we run out. No recipe we can just double.
It’s bees, flowers, weather and beekeepers. 🐝
And when you buy local honey, you’re not just buying a jar of something sweet — you’re supporting the bees, the land and the beekeepers who look after them.
Real honey. Real work. Real value. 🍯
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