New Zealand Beekeeping Business

[SixFooter]

Anyone see the ad for a Beekeeping business in New Zealand in BeeCraft?
Aren't there rules about who they will and will not let into the country?
Age limits etc..
Otherwise, I might sell up and buy it ( well assuming I could afford it)

 

[REDWOOD]

Nobody above 5 feet 11 inches lol..... 55 is the age limit

 

[jimmybee]

Im finding it hard to get in on a working visa and im 29 and skilled so there no way they will let you in unless you have been beekeeping large scale for years.

 

[SixFooter]

Ah Well. Another pipe dream!

 

[Poly Hive]

Dangerous things pipe dreams.........

Ex BIL was a hard headed business man who built up a good going concern. Took his tickets in navigation sold the business to the workers and took off for foreign climes to skipper a charter yacht. What he omitted to do was ask the skippers he sailed with about the nuts and bolts of running said affair.... as in the palms needing greasing and so on, you know the little details....

Ended up with a lemon of a boat, going broke and returning home to start over from scratch.

Beware the siren call of the dream............

Know your stuff. Do your research. Check and double check and if it's too good to be true............it truly is.

PH

 

[mbc]

Commercial beekeeping in the land of the long white cloud is too good to be true in comparison with here, much bigger honey crops, sensible pollination fees, top price for manuka sludge, reliable queen mating and a supportive attitude from the general public plus the government. Factor in the huge and plentiful trout, the healthy lifestyle and clean environment, if someone would take a punt and lend me the nessecary dosh to buy a ready to go bee business out there, I'd be off like a shot.
The down side is that I hear some beekeepers out there have become ultra competitive and territorial and I wouldnt want to tangle with aggressive neighbouring bee guys.

 

[Baggyone]

Dont underestimate the power of money in getting in other countries. Buying a business helps so much!

 

[psafloyd]

Although manuka is expensive in our shops, I'd be interested to know the proportion that gets back to the original producer.

Cost of living in NZ is far lower (generally) and so are salaries, etc, so I wonder why this guy is advertising outside the country unless a) he can 't sell or b) thinks the promise of manuka will attract a premium from 'rich' overseas beekeepers.

 

[roche]

Although manuka is expensive in our shops, I'd be interested to know the proportion that gets back to the original producer.

Cost of living in NZ is far lower (generally) and so are salaries, etc, so I wonder why this guy is advertising outside the country unless a) he can 't sell or b) thinks the promise of manuka will attract a premium from 'rich' overseas beekeepers.

The cost of living has been climbing steeply. It is also relative to the currency you earn in - NZ is about the same as anywhere else now, I think. But there has been an unfortunate trend in NZ to sell agricultural concerns to overseas buyers, in the hope of a larger price...

 

[rook66]

"Beware the siren call of the dream............"


“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”

 

[Poly Hive]

Dreams are fine but when turning to reality do your homework is my message.

Otherwise they can be extremely expensive.

PH

 

[SixFooter]

Prices of Farms in France are ridiculously cheap.Maybe I'll buy one and live off the subsidies.

 

[IGPebble]

you have to ask yourself.

"Why are farm so damn cheap in france?"