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NEW ZEALAND BEEKEEPER, DECEMBER 2016
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Solomon Islands community project
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Expressions of interest sought for ApiNZ focus groups Apiculture health and safety programme formed
4
Star performers part 2: New Zealand flax for summer
19
9
UK apprentices in New Zealand: part one 22
Sphecophaga vesparum: establishment and recovery rates
10
Fostering an “active culture for beekeeping”
27
Nosema breakthrough reported
11
From the colonies
28
Testing nectar to select manuka trees for high-grade honey
12
Making your hard work pay off
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28
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Front cover: Honey bee taking nectar from New Zealand Flax (Phormium tenax ‘Tricolor’) in the Flax Collection at Landcare Research, Lincoln. Photo: Finn Scheele ©Trees for Bees NZ.
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