It is also the portal to the NZ Beekeeping Digital Archive.
More recent history? See NZ's first bkpg website as it was at the end of 2000, the first year of a varroa incursion.
And the NBA site from about a year later, the end of 2001.
1925
In 1925 the Massey Government set up the Export Honey Control Board. While a move toward more orderly marketing, it gave only limited protection when considering that 80% of honey was sold on the local market. In the 1925 calendar year the HPA sold 293 tons 7 cwt in bulk and packed 261 tons 6 […]
1924
1924 In early 1924 an advertisement in The New Zealand Fruitgrower and Apiarist had the apiary of Mr FC Baines, the former editor of the NZ Beekeeper journal, for sale. The advertisement indicated that Mr Baines had taken on secretarial work, preventing him from giving sufficient time to the 100 colonies of 12 frame gear. […]
1923
Mr AB Callick was apppointed to replace Mr RW Brickell as manager of the Alliance Box Co, owned by the HPA. Mr Callick had been Mr Brickell’s “right-hand man” in the manufacturing department for the past 20 years. The first advance from the HPA for the 1923 season’s honey was set at 4½ d per […]
1922
Mr J Rentoul, Chairman of the HPA, announced the summary dismissal of Mr CF Ryland, the General Manager of the HPA, for “complaints of neglect of correspondence, etc”. It appeared that Mr Ryland had been instructed to buy as little as possible, make all economies possible and be very strict about extending credit. Mr Ryland […]
1921
In an open letter to beekeepers in January, Mr CF Ryland, the General Manager of the HPA, warned that the 1921 crop might provide 1,500,000 pounds of honey above that required for local consumption. He called for continued co-operation and support for the HPA. The February issue of the journal announced the voluntary liquidation of […]
1920
The first issue of The New Zealand Beekeepers’ Journal for 1920 brought a substantial change in appearance. The Editor had the journal printed on an improved grade of paper, much whiter in appearance, and would now provide a small photograph on the cover of each issue. The first photo was of his own home apiary […]
1919
With the Armistice in late 1918, NZ beekeepers turned once more toward peacetime activities. Elements of sadness continued in the magazine, however, as the influenza epidemic took its toll of the civilian population. The Editor apologised for the lateness of some of his correspondence as he had been placed in charge of a temporary hospital […]
1918
The first issue of the NZ Beekeepers’ Journal for 1918 provided a change in type size and layout (now using two columns of text). With a reduction in page numbers from 20 to 16, the Editor assured readers there were in fact more than 2 pages more equivalent reading material than the previous journal. […]
1917
Mr WB Bray took over the duties of Editor and Executive Secretary early in 1917. In an editorial in April, he spoke against the practice of tolerating American foulbrood levels in commercial bee businesses, saying “We are inclined to think that the greatest problem the inspectors have to face now is getting the frame-hive beekeeper […]
1916
Mr Cottrell, the NBA President, was not able to preside at the 1916 conference due to the necessity for a major operation. The Vice President Mr J Rentoul was in the chair in his place. One resolution called for the Department of Agriculture to enforce the registration of apiaries. The required legislation had been passed […]