Meeting - December 1996

Wellington Beekeepers Association Inc.

Meeting - December 1996

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December 96

The meeting was attended by 30 members (including committee).

Bill Allan advised that all his queens had now been sold

Club agreed to continue use of the Union Church hall for 1997.

Volunteers were sought for the City Council Summer City Festival at Andersons Park on 19th January.

Discussion over apparently heavy handed approach from local council to Club member in Waikanae requiring a hive to be moved.

Seasonal conditions were discussed and absence of both swarms and honey flow attributed to cool wet weather experienced throughout region

Diseathon teams had discovered three occurrences of AFB and several cases of hive neglect.

Harry Brown and Terry Gavin advised that the Commodities Act had just been passed that day (2nd Dec) which meant that hobbyists with less than 10 hives on no more than 3 apiaries were exempt from charges. The pest management strategy was currently in the Minister’s hands with no significant changes expected. The Bio Security Act is required to be passed and this is not expected before mid-1997.

Mark Atkin from Bemrose Estate was the guest speaker.

Mark outlined the history and mythology behind mead and fruit wine making. He also explained the processes and techniques he used in his commercial wine making operation.

Several questions were raised by members who found Mark’s operation intriguing and often quite different to their own mead making methods.

Meeting closed shortly after 10 pm with a Christmas supper and a sampling of some of Mark’s meads and fruit wines.

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