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<blockquote data-quote="John B" data-source="post: 6526" data-attributes="member: 207"><p>4 (a) provide hive ware and good practice hive management to ensure bees have sufficient space and have opportunities to exhibit behaviours they are strongly motivated to engage in.</p><p></p><p>If I understand this paragraph correctly then surely I would have to let my hives swarm if they want to as I would be responsible to give them opportunities to do things they were strongly motivated to do and they can sure be motivated to swarm at times. As it is worded it seems that I would not only have to let them swarm but also make sure they have the opportunity to do so.</p><p>Surely manipulating them in such a way that the bees don't want to swarm is depriving them of an opportunity to exhibit their strongly motivated behaviour.</p><p></p><p>I get were a lot of this coming from. I don't like battery hens and I don't like sows in sow crates . I actively avoid buying these products which should be incentive enough for growers but when these rules get applied in New Zealand but not on imports into New Zealand you have to wonder.</p><p>My concerns are not just about a beekeeping code of practice but about how rules, regulations and interpretations of those regulations are impacting on our costs and our lives. Some of this has been driven by well-meaning bureaucracy and some of it has been driven by people who want to see every animal mankind has a symbiotic relationship with disappear.</p><p>My honey may not be extra virgin, Pure, True, super MGO or back by huge marketing campaigns but it's still nice honey and my hives may not be protected by a code of conduct and I do try and stop them swarming but they are loved.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="John B, post: 6526, member: 207"] 4 (a) provide hive ware and good practice hive management to ensure bees have sufficient space and have opportunities to exhibit behaviours they are strongly motivated to engage in. If I understand this paragraph correctly then surely I would have to let my hives swarm if they want to as I would be responsible to give them opportunities to do things they were strongly motivated to do and they can sure be motivated to swarm at times. As it is worded it seems that I would not only have to let them swarm but also make sure they have the opportunity to do so. Surely manipulating them in such a way that the bees don't want to swarm is depriving them of an opportunity to exhibit their strongly motivated behaviour. I get were a lot of this coming from. I don't like battery hens and I don't like sows in sow crates . I actively avoid buying these products which should be incentive enough for growers but when these rules get applied in New Zealand but not on imports into New Zealand you have to wonder. My concerns are not just about a beekeeping code of practice but about how rules, regulations and interpretations of those regulations are impacting on our costs and our lives. Some of this has been driven by well-meaning bureaucracy and some of it has been driven by people who want to see every animal mankind has a symbiotic relationship with disappear. My honey may not be extra virgin, Pure, True, super MGO or back by huge marketing campaigns but it's still nice honey and my hives may not be protected by a code of conduct and I do try and stop them swarming but they are loved. [/QUOTE]
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