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In 1995, New Zealand had:
Although there are only 600 registered beekeepers in New Zealand with 50 hives or more, many commercial enterprises also employ staff. There are thus likely to be 3 to 4 times that number of people actually employed directly in the beekeeping industry.
Hobbyists keep only 10% of the beehives in New Zealand, but constitute 91% of the registered beekeepers. Nevertheless, hobbyists are an important part of the industry. For instance, most new commercial beekeepers come from the hobbyist sector. As well, because of the free-ranging nature of bee diseases such as American foulbrood, any beekeeper, no matter how small, can potentially have an economic impact on other beekeepers who keep hives nearby.
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