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NEW ZEALAND BEEKEEPER, JULY 2017
TABLE OF CONTENTS
It’s conference time!
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Agri-Women’s Development Trust wins national governance award
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Leptosperin: a chemical marker being used to authenticate manuka honey 7 Factors shaping bees’ reward preferences 10 Woolly thinker’s brain turns into a hive of activity 11 We don’t know how lucky we are 15 AFB control: time to think ahead 20
NSW conference reports
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Apimondia Oceania President’s report to industry
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From the colonies
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Wiring in honey houses
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Hive maintenance over winter
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Front cover: View of Government Gardens and the Rotorua Museum. The Apiculture New Zealand National Conference is being held from 9 to 11 July at the Rotorua Energy Events Centre. Go to apicultureconference2017.co.nz for registration and other information.
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Barry Foster Stuart Fraser Sean Goodwin John Hartnell Ricki Leahy
Peter Luxton Russell Marsh Paul Martin Bruce Wills (Chair)
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