Beekeeper Services.
Where Sweet Meets Smart.
At Mānuka Orchard, we’re here to make your honey worth more - and keep it that way.
Whether you’re a beekeeper, a landowner beekeeper, landowner bee host, or simply have a honey supply you’d like us to care for, we’ve got the skills, the smarts, and the storage space to make it happen.
From safely storing your drums to fine-tuning your product so buyers pay top dollar, we handle every step with expertise and care.
We break it down into three sweet categories:
1. Expert Extraction.
Because every drop of honey deserves the best start.
At Mānuka Orchard, we know that great honey begins with world-class extraction. Our facilities are designed for clean, efficient, and careful extraction from hive to drum, protecting flavour, aroma, and natural goodness at every stage. Whether it’s small-scale artisan batches or large commercial lots, we use the worlds best designed machinery and tried-and-tested processes to ensure maximum yield without compromising quality.
Why our extraction is exceptional:
-
Hygienic & controlled - every frame is processed in a clean, monitored environment to protect purity.
-
Precision handling - our methods minimise heat and agitation, keeping your honey natural and unspoiled.
-
Quality control - Every frame is quality inspected before extraction.
-
Traceable & efficient - every batch is logged and tracked from hive to drum, making subsequent storage, testing, and sales seamless.
-
Optimised yield - we get more honey from every frame, boosting your returns before it even hits storage.
Extraction is where the journey begins - and done right, it sets the foundation for higher quality, better sales, and more value for every kilo.
BOOK
EXTRACTION
To book your hives/boxes in for extraction,
CLICK HERE
2. Smart Storage.
Because your honey deserves a five-star stay.
If you’ve got storage headaches, we’ve got the cure. Our clean, monitored, pest-free facility is designed to keep your honey in peak condition so it grows in value - not dust. With years of hands-on experience in honey manufacturing, engineering, and sales, Logan and the team know exactly how to keep your golden goods in perfect shape until they’re ready for market.
Why is our storage so smart?
-
Scientifically monitored - so nothing gets past us.
-
Secure & safe - your drums are in trusted hands.
-
Expertly managed - we know honey inside out.
-
Close to the Port of Tauranga - for smooth, stress-free distribution.
Drum storage without the drama.
From one drum to hundreds, we handle it all. Container loading, high moisture honey, chilled storage, drum transfers, Mānuka MGO-enhancing storage - you name it. We keep it affordable, easy, and worry-free.
Super storage for hives.
Wax moths? Nope. Pesky pests? Not here. Keep your extracted frames and hive boxes in tip-top shape over the off-season with our chilled storage (max 2.1m per pallet). We can even arrange pallet transfers to and from our Bay of Plenty facility.
3. Smart Services.
Because better honey = better prices.
The more you optimise your honey, the more you can earn per kilo. We make sure your product meets the exacting standards that serious local and international buyers demand. Whether it’s testing, filtering, moisture reduction, blending, crafting your batches to a particular taste, packing or boosting MGO levels, we’ve got the tools and know-how to make your honey irresistible.
Transport
Need a trusted and professional transport company to assist with moving your assets to or from Mānuka Orchard? We can book that for you through one of our trusted transport partners. We make it simple at competitive pricing, let us get you a quote.
Blending
Uniform your honeys flavour or test results to meet the needs of a buyer. We have the expertise to blend by test result using our batch calculator or by taste using our in-house expertly trained honey sommeliers in batch sizes up to 20 Tonne.
Scientific drum sampling
Traceability, authenticity, proof - buyers want it all. We prepare and send samples to accredited laboratories across New Zealand and the world, market leaders in honey testing, checking for C4 or other foreign sugars, pollen counts, MPI Mānuka chemical markers, MGO, HMF, Glyphosate, Diastase, Moisture and more. We handle all the admin and give you fast results, with data that not only proves quality but helps attract the right buyer for your honey.
Fermented honey drum handling
Got a swollen drum? No stress. Our NZ-designed machinery safely releases excess pressure, so clean, quick, and zero spills.
Honey moisture reduction and thermalising
Enhance your honey’s appearance, consistency, and taste. We handle filtering, moisture reduction (aka honey drying), and drum transfers in and out of storage - with no hidden costs, just top results.
Mānuka honey MGO-enhancing storage
Want to grow the value of your Mānuka honey? Our temperature-controlled environment and daily monitoring help maintain and increase MGO (methylglyoxal) potency, with quick action if anything changes.
Ultra-low HMF Filtering.
Our first-class filtering process adds less than two points of HMF, so your honey’s quality is never compromised.
Drum pallets for sale
To support your asset the correct pallet needs to be chosen. We have strong, reliable, and built to the right load rated pallets. Our standard pallets are 1150 x 1150 x 120mm high with four bearers, designed to protect your honey in storage and transport.
Ready to make your honey smarter?
📞 Call us today and let’s get started.