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NEW ZEALAND BEEKEEPER, JULY 2017
Above: Bees on Highlands heather. At left: Ralph Mitchell and Murray McGregor. Photos: Jody Mitchell.
APINZ BOARD ELECTION RESULTS The results of the election of the Market sector Board members have been announced and they are Sean Goodwin of 100% Pure New Zealand Honey and Tony Wright of Comvita. BruceWills, Chair of ApiNZ, welcomed Sean back to the Board upon his re-election and congratulated Tony on his appointment. Bruce also thanked Stuart Fraser for his outstanding contribution to ApiNZ, particularly in the areas of education where he has forged productive relationships with the education sector, and made significant inroads into the apprenticeship scheme with the Education and Skills for Jobs Focus Group. Bruce also congratulated Russell Marsh, who was elected unopposed to the Board for the Commercial sector. The ApiNZ Board will have its first meeting with the new Board members on Monday, 21 August.
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It was heartbreaking to see the pressure these beekeepers are under, after season upon season of poor to disastrous crops over the last decade. They had the worst season in 80 years, then while hoping for the next season to be better, were hit with the worst season in 100 years (Scotland lost a third of their managed hives in the winter of 2012–13). The 2016 yield of honey ended up only 60% due to a “virtual total failure” in the middle of the year, and including the later heather crop, beekeepers in the UK produced only 26 lbs (11.8 kilos) of honey—an increase of 5 lbs (2.7 kilos) over last year’s crop. And now, Asian Hornet queens have been discovered in the Channel Islands, central UK and Scotland, posing a serious threat to the honey bee population, so everyone is on the lookout. So far only hibernating queens have been found, so hopes are they may not establish due to the colder climate. We hope they are right, and our thoughts are with them.
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