Mid July in Upper Hutt there is going to be a 4 day science extravaganza and the beekeepers have been invited to participate. We will have to put a stand together on the "science in beekeeping" and get a number of beekeepers to man it on a roster. Unfortunately this coincides with the NBA Conference so not everyone can be there.

Frank has an educational CD that takes a person through beekeeping. We can also show cell construction, have an observation hive there, put together posters with lots of "did you know". This will be discussed at the meeting.

Family Picnic

A suggestion has been made that we should have a family picnic sometime this month. Details will be agreed at the meeting. Anyone interested in coming, but unalbe to attend on the 14^th, should ring a committee member (Richard - 528 780, John - 232 7863, James - 565 0164, or Frank - 478 3367)

Fritz Fuchs and Max Aston have offered to look after the library. Both are regular meeting attenders, so the books and magazines should be available on a regular basis from now on.