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The question of whether beekeepers set up a small separate hobby unit especially for this purpose, or just do these AFB honey boxes at the completion of the year’s extracting, would have to be worked through with each beekeeper. Disposal of the honey is the next thing. It could be sold to the baking industry as is done in Australia, dumped down the drain (after suitable dilution with water so it doesn’t clog the pipes), or it could be sterilised as well and used in the medical industry. These options are up to the industry to sort out, but it could eliminate a huge amount of waste and losses to the beekeeping industry. A number of beekeepers in Australia also sterilise dead-outs as well as infected boxes. The sterilisation plant can be used by numerous other industries (e.g., wound dressing and other medical industries), so I believe the plant would be financially viable. Australia has sited these plants in the industrial areas of Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne, so are very safe. The cobalt-60 rods are kept in water when not in use. Let’s get a representative from Steritech Australia over here to talk to industry leaders, MPI and the Government in order to sort this out so it can be incorporated into the new regulations. AFB has cost me a fortune over the last six years. I can recover boxes by paraffin dipping, but I’m not a happy camper. We’ve got to up our game as far as AFB is concerned—use every tool in the box. When a test indicates high spore levels on bees, instead of waiting 18 months for it to break out and then burn it, why not take proactive action, dispose of the bees and get all the gear sterilised? The hives could be back in production again within a couple of months with a fraction of the cost.
LAND USE AGREEMENTS AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE Apiculture New Zealand has developed two Land Use Agreements that will be available to members at a significantly discounted price.
The two land use contracts now available for purchase from the ApiNZ website are: • Apiary Land Use Agreement – Land Owner/Beekeeper Profit Share: For those beekeepers offering a crop share arrangement. • Apiary Land Use Agreement – Site Rental: For those beekeepers paying a set apiary site rental or per hive rate to the land owner.
The agreements will be $195 +GST for ApiNZ members and $455 +GST for non-members.
These can be found on the ApiNZ website here: http://apinz.org.nz/land-use-agreement/
The agreements will be personalised to the purchaser, so on application you will need to answer some questions which will be added to your document. Once payment is received this document will be sent to you via e-mail. If you have any questions, please contact the ApiNZ Management Team on 04 471 6254 (Monday to Friday 8.30–5.30) or e-mail info@apinz.org.nz.
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