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Understanding tutin and the risks for beekeepers will be one of the topics at our November meeting.
Here’s a reminder notice ApiNZ sent to the club email recently. ApiNZ Tutin campaign ApiNZ is continuing to raise awareness of the risks of tutin and beekeepers’ responsibilities to comply with the tutin food safety standard. Click on the link for a downloadable version of the brochure Understanding tutin and the risks.If you would like hard copies of…
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November 27th 2022
Meet at 2pm near the Club hives – end of Ballinger Drive. Look for the club flag. This will be our last meeting for the year. The weather forecast is not looking good – this meeting will probably be inside. Seasonal topics – preparing for summer and tutin awareness.
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Apiculture Data Survey Request
Tina Blumenthal would like members to fill in a questionnaire. It’s quite long but fairly straightforward for anyone interested. Apiculture Data Survey My name is Tina Blumenthal, and I’m a Senior IT Lecturer at Eastern Institute of Technology (EIT) in Tairāwhiti. My area of specialty is data, data analytics and database management systems and I’ve…
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October 30th 2022
Meet near the Club hives – end of Ballinger Drive. Hive visit – weather permitting. We will be doing the usual Spring checks as well as giving a demonstration on splitting hives. Please bring your bee suit. All welcome.
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Legal Requirements
If you keep bees and you live in New Zealand it is a legal requirement that you register your hive(s). This registration is in accordance with the Biosecurity (National American Foulbrood Pest Management Strategy) Order 1998. A national register of beekeepers is maintained by AsureQuality, a government owned commercial company (http://www.asurequality.com). The Apiary Register is…
