The story of an early Auckland beekeeper, George Cooper, also New Zealand's first Treasurer and Collector of Customs. In William Charles Cotton’s diary entry, written at the Bay of Islands, dated M...
G. H. “Omar” Pearce knew of bees and honey and kept his own bee journal. He awarded one book the “Order of the Purple Elephant”, he drew like a child yet expressed the thoughts of a mature, widely ...
Although William Charles Cotton failed to bring his hives of bees aboard the Tomatin from Plymouth, England, to the North Island of New Zealand in 1842, there is strong evidence he was the first ...
This booklets aim to raise awareness and provide information about opportunities of Beekeeping at the farm to increase small-scale farmer income.
Apiculture, Beekeeping, pollination, Honey as Food...
The Rev. T. Clark, of Gedney Hill, expressed vitriolic reaction to Cotton’s My Bee Book in his editorial footnotes to the 6th edition of Thomas Nutt’s Humanity to Bees (1845). An article in the Mec...
A fresh perspective on the first successful (?) introduction of honey bees into Australia in 1822 aboard the convict ship Isabella under Captain Wallace (or Wallis). Previous failed introductions f...
Introduction and signposting to web information on Sustainable Beekeeping using top bar hives. Written primarily for a UK audience but applicale worldwide.
Robert Campbell senior, and his eldest son John, were prominent and respected Sydney merchants for many decades. They were also talented and advanced beekeepers. In 1842 they played host to William...
The Birth of Commercial Beekeeping in Australia from the 1830s to the 1880s. Covers contribution of Alexander Berry at Coolangatta on the Shoalhaven River.
James Carrol, a Queensland beemaster, exported hives of bees throughout Australia and to Fiji in the 1870s. Prominent in the introduction of the Ligurian honey bee and the prime introducer of the L...
This article is about lifestyles in the Swannanoa NC valley. This feature on the people of Swannanoa, focuses on organic gardening, beekeeping and a simple but thoughtful lifestyle.