Hive Share - Hive Rental Alternative

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Purchase a Managed Bee Hive - Sweet Returns
The Sweet Christmas Present

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We had over 20 people purchase bee hives in our first year of Hive Share. Mayor Hamish McDouall cut the ribbon at our Canaan Honey launch party in February 2017. Over 50 people enjoyed finding out about Hive Share and seeing our honey shop and honey extraction.

How do you sign up - see the form below

All orders receive a laminated hive share ownership certificate. Order for Christmas, and you can include the certificate under the Christmas tree.
Sign up now in the months of December 2017/January 2018, and you will receive 2kg of honey per hive at our next harvest (expected March 2018).
Then receive 7kg of honey per hive, per year for a lifetime.
You can even buy half a hive and get a half share of the honey.
7 x retail 1kg container @ $16 = $112 / $920 for one hive = 12.17% return.
Month signing up First year honey   Value
October/November 3kg $48
December/January 2018 2kg $32
February/March 1kg $16

Hive Share

It seems that every week beekeeping is in the news.  With increased awareness about our environment, many are wanting to learn more about nature's incredible insect.  The earth is incredibly dependant on bees with over 35% of our crops reliant to some extent on the honey bee for pollination.  But not everyone is able to keep bees in their backyard and bee hive rental in backyards can be expensive with little honey in return.

Enter Hive Share. 

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Imagine owning your own bee hive and having someone manage it for you on their hive site (not at your property).  

Imagine being able to be part of taking the honey off the bee hive, then seeing it extracted in a boutique honey shop/factory that has been operated from Whanganui for the last 35 years.  

Imagine getting a very healthy sweet return on your beehive purchase.

Imagine a lifetime supply of honey!

Hive share enables all New Zealanders the opportunity to become beekeepers and keep in touch with nature's incredible insect.

Beekeeping is in the news

New Zealand has more than doubled its number of bee hives in the last 15 years from 300,000 to almost 700,000.  Whanganui has an active beekeeping community with many commercial beekeepers and hobbyists.  Over 20 were part of a community education course taught by John Brandon, and over 30 at a local UCOL course.  Beekeeping is mentioned as one of the regional growth opportunities for the Whanganui region.

What we do

We manage the beehives for you, we cut the timber, screw the boxes together, wax the frames, breed the queens, professionally manage the hives on our sites, pay the hive levies, ... And finally harvest the mouth-watering honey and pack and send it to you for to spread onto your toast or sneak a gourmet spoonful.

Buy a bee hive, get a lifetime supply of honey, visit us and see the honey harvested

Bee-come a bee keeper and we will manage your hives for youBee Education

  • Buy a honey bee hive for only $920 incl GST ($460 for half a hive)
  • Pay in one sum, or in three easy monthly installments of $307
  • Purchase now and receive your first honey in March 2018
    • Signup Oct/Nov 3kg, Dec/Jan 2018 2kg, Feb/Mar 1kg
  • Second year onwards
    • receive 7kg of honey (or bonus own container honey)
    • half a hive gets 3.5kg of honey (or bonus own container honey)
    • 7 x retail 1kg container @ $16 = $112 / $920 = 12.17% return
    • Bonus for own container honey - come to Canaan Honey in Whanganui, choose your honey flavour, and receive the same value of honey into your own containers
  • Buy up to 7 hives per person - that's almost 1kg of honey a week to enjoy!
  • Freight free to your door (rural delivery 500g less honey) - New Zealand addresses only
  • The honey you get is free from income tax - its honey from your hive
  • 12% return is the equivalent of a 17% bank deposit rate (30% tax rate)

Bee Education

  • Learn about the wonderful world of the bees as they are managed through the seasons via our Hive Share Facebook group.
  • Take a holiday to beautiful Whanganui.  Suit up and join us as we harvest the sweet honey in February each year.  Free bee suits and gloves supplied.
  • Smell the sweet aroma of fresh honey as you join us in extracting from the honey comb also in February.

Who we are

We are three generations joining forces.  Son Michael Brandon has joined with 35 year veterans John and Janice Brandon of Canaan Apiaries Whanganui to expand their local beekeeping business. Other family members are involved and their grandchildren are also helping out - that's one in the Yellow bee suit.

Guarantee

Your hive will be sited in a dedicated hive share apiary yard in the Whanganui area.  If the apiary does not produce enough, we add in honey from our other apiaries.  We will maintain the hive numbers in the hive share apiaries to ensure no risk to your bee hive purchase.

Your hive purchase will be part of the continued growth of our family bees-ness.

What you are purchasing

You are purchasing a bee hive with 2 bee boxes with frames and bees, a crown board, base, lid and top feeder.  We supply hive management and extra honey boxes on top.

You can on-sell your hive share to another person by notifying us of the new purchaser's details.

After the first two years, you have the option of collecting your hives to look after yourself - but only after harvest in April to June each year.  We need two months' notice and any hive redemption is limited to 10% of the total hive share hives in any one year.

You can sell the hives back to us (at our option) either for ourselves or to resell to others - buy back at 90% of the current hive share rate.

The hives will be on farm pasture or close to Whanganui township (not Manuka).

More Information?

Please contact Michael Brandon This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. mob 021 728889 if you have any questions.

Sign up

You can sign up using the form below. Please pay to Westpac - Canaan Apiaries 2016. 03-0156-0166541-001
Please quote your name as reference.

 

 

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If you personally come to Canaan Honey in Whanganui, you can fill your own containers and so get more honey (up to the retail value of your entitlement of honey ie 7 x 1kg pottles of clover honey)

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Getting ready for Hive Share - Cutting timber for bee boxes, paraffining and painting, transportation, hives in our apiaries/bee yards.

 
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