Present: Doug Purdie (Pres.), Frank Lindsay (Treas.), John Burnet (Sec.) and 39 members and visitors as listed in the attendance book.

Apologies: Andrew Beach, Cliff Hulston, Marie & Chris Christoffel, Shauna Tate, Wrae Duncan.

New Members And Visitors: Andrew Yung (Te Horo)

Minutes Of Previous Meeting: Minutes of meeting held 19 February were read and confirmed.

Matters Arising: Upper Hutt Summer Carnival - Frank & Maryann Lindsay reported a good crowd attended with plenty of teenagers.

Treasurer’s Report: Current operating account showed a credit balance of $1,412.33 with one outstanding cheque of $36.40.

General Business:

Swarms were reported being collected from Karori to Pukerua Bay. One member reported a nucleus being robbed out following the return of wets to hives.

Frank reminded members to ease extraction, supers should be maintained at 30 degrees C. or stacked over a 60 watt bulb (with newspaper on an excluder above the bulb to prevent wax melt and to disperse the heat to the edges of the supers).

Members reported honey flow continuing with lacebark and koromiko currently flowering.

Frank suggested minimum production for suburban areas should be 10kg for 3/4 supers and 15kg for full depth. Richard Hatfield reported a record 12 3/4 supers from one hive.

Southern North Island branch Field Day was scheduled to be held at Pinehaven School on 14 March. As Wellington B/K Assoc was a co-host members were welcome and encouraged to attend. Planned topics and demonstrations included: disease recognition, finding queens & requeening, queen rearing, honey harvesting, and a DSIR speaker on pollen.