Wellington
Beekeepers Association Inc. |
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Our Next Meeting:
When: Monday 10th Feb 1997
at 8 p.m.
Where: Terrace Centre,
Union Church,
Dr Taylor Terrace.
Johnsonville
Theme: Honey Extraction |
Meetings are held on second Monday each month (except January),
at above venue
Honey Competition
Don’t forget that the Club will be holding its annual Honey competition at the
March Meeting. The aim of this competition is to get members to prepare and present a
sample of their honey in the best possible way. It is NOT a competition about the taste of
your honey.
The secret in this competition is to take great care in filtering your honey to remove
impurities, to get rid of air bubbles, and to start with only the best honey which has a
low moisture content (so it will keep).
Remember, your honey sample (only one per member) is to be presented in a clear glass
200g jar (coffee jar size) with a well fitting lid.
Future Meetings
If any members have requests or ideas for guest speakers at future meetings, please see
John Burnett (secretary) as the committee welcome feedback on what topics would be of
interest to members.
December Meeting
- 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.
Honey Oat Bars
Try these tasty snacks in school or work lunches
| 3 tablesp peanut butter 3 tablesp honey
2 tablesp golden syrup
2 cups rolled oats
1.5 cups dried fruit (raisins, dates, apricots, figs, sultanas and currants
1 cup chopped nuts or seeds
0.5 cup coconut |
Boil or microwave peanut butter, golden syrup
and honey until mixture forms a soft ball when half a teaspoon is dropped into a saucer of
cold water (5-6 mins microwave or 6 mins stove). Stir during cooking. Mix into rolled
oats, dried fruit, nuts and coconut until mixture clings together.
Press evenly over the base of a well greased lamington tin. A rolling pin or milk
bottle helps compress the mixture into the tin.
Bake in a moderate oven 15 to 20 mins.
Remove from tin and cut when cool. |
More Good Food (Summer 89-90) - Summer
Sensations
About the Apiary
(Our regular column will be back again next month.)
Larvae
New Scientist, 25 May 1996
National Beekeepers Association of NZ Inc.
Southern North Island Field Day & Bar-Be-Que
Date: Saturday 22nd February 1997
Time: 10:00 am
Place: Camp Rangi, Totara Reserve (old YMCA Camp) - in the beautiful Pohangina Valley.
Look for the signs at Raumai and Totara Reserve.
Cost: $5.00 per member, $10.00 per family.
Programme: Note: Morning session has practical aspects for ALL beekeepers
10:00 Registration and Morning Tea
10:30 Welcome by Robin McCammon who will introduce us to Totara Reserve and confirm the
programme.
10:35 Autumn requeening (cells and mated queens.
Overwintering nucs and splits (various methods)
Drying honey on a small scale
(Other topics to be advised)
12:00 Lunch
1:00 Pollen trapping and local sale John Brandon
1:30 Overseas market update (propolis, comb honey, etc) Sue Walker
2:00 Changes in my honey house Garry Tweeddale
2:30 Bulk handling of honey drums Demonstration
2:45 National issues update Harry Brown
3:00 Afternoon tea (walk around and visit the area)
Late afternoon Bar-Be-Que
Bring gear along for display, demonstration or sale. Don’t
forget your protective gear, sun hats, sun block, lunch and something for the evening
bar-be-que (a blanket and umbrella to sit on/under). Flying Fox and swimming in the river
is available for the children. Tea and coffee provided.
The Pohangina Valley is inland from Ashhurst. The Totara Reserve is approx 12km further
up the East Valley Road from Raumai. (Refer to map on prev page). We hope to see you all
there for a fun day and general get together.
Frank Lindsay (Secretary)
26 Cunliffe Street
Johnsonville, Wellington
Phone/fax 04-478 3367 |
Rob Johnson (President)
Whelans Road
Levin
Phone 06-368 1325 |
Squeeze
New Scientist, 10 August 1996
Wellington Beekeepers Club Library Books
The Club has the following books in its library
- A Honey of a Cookbook
- Anatomy of the Honeybee
- Beehive, Source of Youth Vitality and Longevity
- Beekeeping - a Complete Guide to Apiarism
- Beekeeping in New Zealand (2 copies)
- Beekeeping the Gentle Craft
- Bees and Beekeeping
- Bibliography of New Zealand Apiculture
- Bits and Bobs Folder
- Diary of a Honeybee (Children’s Book)
- For the Love of Bees - the story of Brother Adam of Buckfast Abbey
- Manual for New Zealand Beekeepers (2 copies)
- Nectar and Pollen Sources of New Zealand
- Peter Russell-Clark’s Honey Cookbook
- Practical Beekeeping in New Zealand
- Practical Beekeeping, Handbook for Australia & New Zealand
- Scrapbook
- The Complete Guide to Beekeeping (2 copies)
- The Complete Handbook of Beekeeping
- The Dancing Bees
- The Beekeeper (Children’s book)
- The Hive and the Honeybee - 1st Edition
- The Hive and the Honeybee - 2nd Edition
- The Life of the Bee
The following books are currently on loan from the library
- How to keep Bees and Sell Honey (on loan to A. Scott)
- A Honey of a Cookbook (on loan to B. Lions)
- American Bee Journal 1990 (on loan to ???)
- National Trust Little Library - Honey (on loan to M. Larsen)
The Club has the following books videos available for lending
- Cut Comb / Plastic Fantastic
- NBA Conference / Cookathon
- Talk on Propolis
- Wairarapa Fieldday
Does anyone have any other Club Library books which are not listed above?
Shona Tate
Future Meetings
Our secretary, John Burnett, is currently planning some interesting session for next
year. Please mark these dates in your diary and come along.
March (10th): Honey Competition
April (14th):
May (12th):
For Sale
- Beeswax: Full depth medium brood @ $8.50 per 10. 3/4 depth medium brood @ $7.00 per 10.
Including GST, no postage. Also 3/4 Frames @ $10.50 per 10. Free delivery Upper Hutt or
meeting. Pease ring to confirm qty over 100 sheets, or for guaranteed supply at meeting.
Ph: Richard, 528 7780. Richard will also buy beeswax at $5.00/kg for light cappings, or
$4.25/kg of darker wax. Grading at the meeting.
Don’t forget when selling any hive gear, the seller must
inform MAF Palmerston North, so it can be tracked in the case of an exotic disease
outbreak. Purchasers should sign the form supplied by MAF.
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