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NEW ZEALAND BEEKEEPER, FEBRUARY 2017
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Welcome to 2017
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Star performers part 3: five finger for early spring build-up Supersedure—an autumn phenomenon: How common is it? 26 Tutin contamination hits early: be vigilant 31 Letter to the editor 31 From the colonies 33 Persevere, prepare and protect 37 23
ApiNZ welcomes Bruce Wills as independent chair
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Business as unusual
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Giant willow aphid research kicks off
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Myrtle rust: being prepared
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Wasp biocontrol update
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Active bee culture
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Apiculture health and safety programme formed
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Front cover: “We’ll put it right.” Midlands Apiaries managing director Duncan Storrier supplied this photo of beekeepers working to restore order to an apiary affected by the 7.8-magnitude earthquake centred near Kaikoura on 14 November 2016. Story on page 6.
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Barry Foster Stuart Fraser Sean Goodwin John Hartnell Ricki Leahy
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Peter Luxton Russell Marsh Paul Martin Bruce Wills (Chair)
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