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<blockquote data-quote="NickWallingford" data-source="post: 3878" data-attributes="member: 44"><p>Everyone knows that Sir Edmund Hillary was a beekeeper - he came to the 1994 NBA conference and told some good stories!</p><p></p><p>Fewer people know of his father, Percy Hillary. Percy was involved in the 1920s/1930s especially. He lost some credibility in the middle 1930s in a poor production year when NZ Honey Co. got caught importing Australian honey, intending to use it to maintain some orders for low value honey. Long story there...</p><p></p><p>But very few people know that Percy produced a beekeeping magazine in 1938/1939, just preceding the launch of the NZ Beekeeper magazine. Percy had a journalism background and seemed to enjoy the production, though he appeared put out when the NBA got some funding from the Govt to produce an 'official' magazine.</p><p></p><p>I haven't got all the issues yet, but you can see most of these magazines at:</p><p></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]http://beekeeping.nz/Scans/NZHoneyBee[/URL]</p><p></p><p>I hope to add others, and maybe go back to re-scan this lot, as I'm not all that happy with the quality.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="NickWallingford, post: 3878, member: 44"] Everyone knows that Sir Edmund Hillary was a beekeeper - he came to the 1994 NBA conference and told some good stories! Fewer people know of his father, Percy Hillary. Percy was involved in the 1920s/1930s especially. He lost some credibility in the middle 1930s in a poor production year when NZ Honey Co. got caught importing Australian honey, intending to use it to maintain some orders for low value honey. Long story there... But very few people know that Percy produced a beekeeping magazine in 1938/1939, just preceding the launch of the NZ Beekeeper magazine. Percy had a journalism background and seemed to enjoy the production, though he appeared put out when the NBA got some funding from the Govt to produce an 'official' magazine. I haven't got all the issues yet, but you can see most of these magazines at: [URL unfurl="true"]http://beekeeping.nz/Scans/NZHoneyBee[/URL] I hope to add others, and maybe go back to re-scan this lot, as I'm not all that happy with the quality. [/QUOTE]
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