Country Life: Radio NZ

I did an interview with RNZ's Carol Stiles several weeks back. Here is part of what she recorded over several hours of my rambling. I'm always impressed how the editing and cutting and pasting can seem to make it all into a coherent whole, rather than the blah-blah-blah of the original...

The Buzz on NZ's bee-keeping history

Bee science has been used to save an elephant and the Queen is a fan of pohutukawa honey - a former president of the Bee Keeping Association has been digging deep into the industry's archives.

www.rnz.co.nz

 

[Mark Lawrence]

I did an interview with RNZ's Carol Stiles several weeks back. Here is part of what she recorded over several hours of my rambling. I'm always impressed how the editing and cutting and pasting can seem to make it all into a coherent whole, rather than the blah-blah-blah of the original...

The Buzz on NZ's bee-keeping history

Bee science has been used to save an elephant and the Queen is a fan of pohutukawa honey - a former president of the Bee Keeping Association has been digging deep into the industry's archives.

www.rnz.co.nz

Nice job Nick. Enjoyed listening to you on Country Life this morning.

 

[southbee]

Great article, thank you!

 

[Trevor Gillbanks]

Great article. Thanks @NickWallingford

 

[John B]

I like the picture of the apiarist magazine. I only ever saw a couple of copies but I do remember my grandfather referring to it as Kevin's crummy Chronicle.
I had never heard about the patenting of honey creaming. I guess my father and grandfather knew all about it but it is only now that I'm becoming close to being part of history that I have become more interested in it.

 

[Dave Black]

Nicely done Nick, came across very well I thought. It is of course available on the RNZ. programme list for those who want to catch up or couldn't quite believe it the first time!