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Beekeeper: Lucy Nimmo
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Blue Borage or Vipers Bugloss (Vipers Bugloss)is a wild flower that grows in dry, mountainous valleys and rivers. It thrives in the Clarence Valley nestled amongst the 6000ft Kaikoura Ranges in central Marlborough in New Zealand's South Island. The rugged valley is well known for its hot, dry summers.
Muzzle station is a remote 30,000 hectare high-country sheep and cattle station in the heart of the Clarence Valley. It is one of the most isolated stations in New Zealand. Muzzle station is only accessible by road on a four-wheel drive track that reaches 4000 feet and is impassable in winter due to snow or by air in a light plane when the weather is good.
From December to March, vivid blue fields of tall Blue Borage wildflowers cover the mountain and riversides across the valley.