OK, that subject line is pretty close to click-bait, but I couldn't resist...
This from the very first issue of the NZ Beekeeper magazine, in July 1914. The early years of the NBA as a 'representative organisation' are somewhat murky, as it began as a 'federation' of regional beekeeping organisations. Some were well-established, such as Canterbury and Taranaki. This was the Canterbury response to joining into the NBA...
![1914_Canterburys_attitude.png 1914_Canterburys_attitude.png](https://nzbees.net/data/attachments/0/375-8549d6e39d4075eed33340a8cbeff134.jpg)
This from the very first issue of the NZ Beekeeper magazine, in July 1914. The early years of the NBA as a 'representative organisation' are somewhat murky, as it began as a 'federation' of regional beekeeping organisations. Some were well-established, such as Canterbury and Taranaki. This was the Canterbury response to joining into the NBA...
![1914_Canterburys_attitude.png 1914_Canterburys_attitude.png](https://nzbees.net/data/attachments/0/375-8549d6e39d4075eed33340a8cbeff134.jpg)