NATIONAL BEEKEEPERS ASSOCIATION OF NEW ZEALAND (INC.)

MINUTES of a meeting of the National Beekeepers Association
Executive, held in Christchurch (at the Federated Farmers
Office - 78 Armagh Street) on 26 October 1999 at 10am

PRESENT:

Terry Gavin (Chair), Don Bell, Tony Taiaroa, Lin McKenzie,
Jane Lorimer, Rhys Chesterman (acting secretary)

APOLOGIES:

There were no apologies.

START/FINISH TIME:

The meeting started at 10am.  The meeting is expected to
finish at 4:45pm

MINUTES OF THE LAST MEETING:

It was resolved that the minutes of the (last) September
meeting (held on 6, 7 & 8 September 1999 at the Airport
Hotel in Wellington) were taken as read.

McKenzie/Bell - CARRIED

MATTERS ARISING:

Bad Debts:  These will be dealt with when discussing
finances.

Animal Products Act and Food Safety: Catherine Petrey will
frame a submission with regard to these issues on behalf of
the Beekeepers Association.

FINANCES

It was suggested that Lin McKenzie make immediate contact
with Josephine Lewis (Wellington - Federated Farmers) to
determine how far she was into completing the audit of the
National Beekeepers Association. In particular we require
some indication of our current position in terms of assets
and likely expenses.

OUTCOME:

Josephine had not received any financial statements or
correspondence from Harry Brown (former Executive Secretary)
so was unable to answer.

It was moved that the cheque numbers 000630 - 000650
(recorded in the last minutes as being from July 1999 and
which were left to lie on the table) be approved
Bell/Taiaroa - CARRIED

It was moved that cheque numbers 500301 - 500329 be approved
Bell/Taiaroa - CARRIED

It was moved that any two of Josephine Lewis, Tony St. Clair
and Catherine Petrey be nominated and appointed as joint
cheque signatories to the National Beekeepers Association.
Bell/Taiaroa - CARRIED

It was moved that this meeting authorises Terry Gavin to
finalise the appointment (of either Bruce Cottrill or
Josephine Lewis) as the Executive Secretary to the National
Beekeepers Association. McKenzie/Taiaroa - CARRIED

SUB COMMITTEES

Terms of Reference have been written in draft form. Don Bell
presented three papers to:

1. The NBA Structural Review Committee

2. The Honey Bee Status Investigation Committee

3. The NBA Exotic Bee Disease Research Committee

These have been agreed to in principle, however the drafts
will be sent to the committee first inviting them to
consider the Terms of Reference and make comments and/or
recommendations to the Executive. Tony Taiaroa will retype
them so as to improve their appearance first.

SERVICE PROVIDERS

Proposed process for review of the National Beekeepers
Association administration services for the year 2000: This
will proceed as outlined in the June Beekeeper Magazine. It
was agreed by the Executive that Lin McKenzie and Tony
Taiaroa be authorised to complete the process to the point
where the consultants recommendations are received.
Consideration of the consultant's reports will be from the
Executive.

Meeting adjourned at 12:20pm Meeting reconvened at 12:45pm

SURFACTANT REPORT

Bee Toxicity of Pesticide Surfactants: It has been reported
that residues from surfactants in some pesticide
formulations are causing bee deaths. The definition of a
'pesticide' in the Pesticides Act suggests that surfactants
have never been registered as pesticides. It would require
an order in Council for (on the recommendation of the
Pesticides Board) for the Governor General to declare these
substances to be pesticides. ERMA would have a clear
responsibility once the HSNO Act 1996 becomes fully
implemented, and so this matter could be referred to them
for future action. However in the interim it would appear
that any action taken would be voluntary.

Perhaps an 0800 number should be set up to help assist
confused beekeepers. It was stated by Lin McKenzie that he
will investigate this.

Don Bell will put a recommendation forward at the
(Canterbury) Branch meeting tonight - that we print off a
number of copies of the following publication on a cost
recovery basis: Effect of surfactants used with fungicides,
herbicides and insecticides on honey bee mortality by Dr. RM
Goodwin and HM McBrydie - June 1999.

EU TESTING

Discussions need to be held with John Lee and his team
whether the EU testing can be used as residue testing
required under the Animal Products Act. It was stated that
Terry Gavin will follow this up. Testing of Phennol:

It was accepted that:

1. Terry Gavin will approach Agri Qulaity in Wallaceville

2. Jane Lorimer will approach Dr. Peter Molland at the
University of Waikato

3. Lin McKenzie will organise 10 samples.

IMPORT STANDARDS FOR BEE PRODUCTS

Government is preparing import standards for bee products
and will present NBA with a draft proposal early in the new
year for our input.

AUSTRALIAN HONEY FOUND IN A NORTH ISLAND SHOP

It was stated that Terry Gavin will contact the enforcement
unit tomorrow to determine and clarify the situation.

DATA BASE RECONCILIATION

In reply to the emails from Messrs. Stevenson and
Wallingford re. the NBA Database by the then Vice President
Terry Gavin. It is correctly stated that Mr. Gavin did
authorise the release of the database on the clear
understanding that it was to be forwarded to David McMillan,
MAF Invermay who would, it had been agreed by the Executive
be undertaking, with Bruce, the reconciliation of the NBA
database and the MAF Apary register. The Executive Secretary
subsequently arranged for the database to be forwarded
direct to Mr. McMillan and this was done. Contrary to these
recent statements, Mr. Gavin did not approve the release of
the data base to Mr. Wallingford.

RESIGNATIONS

The executive have agreed to accept the resignations of
Bruce Stevenson and Gerrit Hyink.

VICE PRESIDENT

The Chairperson has the power to delegate a vice president.
As such, the vice president's role may be delegated by the
Chairperson is he/she sees fit.

DATA BASE

It was moved that copies of the data base report be
circulated amongst the executive and comments will be
received via telephone, before it is released further.
Taiaroa/McKenzie - CARRIED

Meeting closed at 4:25pm