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Farm watch returns.  
 
Regarding International Youth Exchange Student arriving shortly, please consider hosting her over the December / January period, even if for two week blocks and contact Maz if you can assist.  
Members Announcements
Peter Vossen - reminder Lincoln Students Tuesday 20th and Thursday 22nd August.  Pick up at 5pm from the Civic Centre and return to the bus 8am next morning.  No Rotary meeting on 20 August. 
Kevin Kent - regarding 27 August and the Golden Night theme, dress in gold if you can.  Inner Wheel dessert, so please bring some cash for that.  
Robert Stuart - regarding INTERACT, at Matamata October market, the team will be raising funds with a chicken poo in the square competition! 
From the Bar:  Please only approach the bar with small denominations.  Big notes cause problems.  Thank you.  
Guest Speaker - Maz McIvor introduces James Sainsbury
James is a local boy who obtained a BSC with Honours at Victoria University and subsequently a PHD.  A science and research career.  Is now one of our local District Councillors.  James is also now working on bee health and disease.  Honey production, pollination and bio-diversity are all important.  
 
James explained he attended a Rotary Science School when at Matamata College.  
 
James relayed a history of beekeeping in New Zealand.  Bees arrived in New Zealand in 1839 and did well, but toot poisoning was a concern.  1880's first commercial bee keepers, including Isaac Hopkins of Matamata, the father of New Zealand Beekeeping.  In 2000 there were 33,000 hives. Now New Zealand has 1,000,000 hives, due to popularity of Manuka.  In the western world Manuka honey is applied topically because of its antibacterial properties and helping with wound healing.  Used by USA military amongst others.  In other parts of the world, Manuka honey is preferred as a food supplement.  $400 million exports per annum now.  Halo effect for other types of New Zealand honey too.  
 
Pollination by bees is important for the kiwifruit industry, because kiwifruit are difficult to pollinate and bees deliver good crops.  150,000 hives go into orchards for 10 days. $1.8 billion export earnings for kiwifruit per annum.  
 
Bees also deliver $2 million of value per annum to forage industries.  
 
Plant and Food Research are interested in maximising results from bees in New Zealand.  
 
30,000 to 60,000 bees in a colony.  Usually working in a 3 kilometre radius.  Communication to the rest of the colony is by a figure 8 waggle dance.  The person who interpreted the dance received a Nobel Prize.  
 
Bumble bees are also being studied for industrial agriculture.  Annual colonies have 100 bees.  50 times more effective at pollination than a honey bee, but much less of them.  
 
Question put to James was how do bees choose their food.  James explained that they are put out when one type of Manuka is flowering and when other plants are not flowering.  
 
Multi floral honey where there is a mix of types of flowering plants.  
Thank you James for your very interesting presentation.
Club duty roster. Members are reminded to advise Attendance Officer, through the Club answer phone of any known absences from Club night meetings. Answer phone details are at the bottom of this bulletin. If your name is gazetted in the bulletin for duty, it is that members obligation to find a member replacement for that Club duty.
CLUB DUTY
20 AUGUST
27 AUGUST
CLUB HOST
No Meeting. 
LEO KINGSTON
RECEPTION
 
RICHARD METCALFE
RECEPTION
 
LEONIE TISCH
BAR STEWARD
 
GARY MOORE
BAR STEWARD
 
GRAEME GUILFORD
SPEAKER INTRO
 
DAVID HULME
SPEAKER THANKS
 
DAVID PARKER
TOP TABLE
 
OWEN WESTLAKE
TOP TABLE
 
BARRY MCKEY
PARTING THOUGHT
 
KEVIN SING
KITCHEN
 
DAVID PARKER
KITCHEN
 
GLENDA MILLIGAN
2019 - Programme
 

20 August - no meeting.  Hosting Lincoln students instead.  

27 August - a golden night to celebrate 50 years since: man landed on the moon, the investiture of Charles as Prince of Wales and the first flight of the Boeing 747-100.  

3 September - Club Night.  

10 September - Te Amorangi Wharawhara speaking about Matamata College Kapa Haka Group.  

17 September - TBA

24 September - District Governor Peter Maxwell visit.  

 

                                                  Parting Thought.
  "Today is the oldest you have ever been,
yet the youngest you'll ever be. 
So enjoy this day while it lasts,
and remember service to others is the rent we pay
for our room here on Earth".    
Lachie Duncan, Rotarian
                                                       
 
Rotary Matamata: P.O. Box 38 Matamata 3440 New Zealand  www.matamata.rotary.org
                    Club meets: Tuesdays 5.30 pm for 6pm start ~St John Building.
                    President: Lynette Stanley 0272 718 425
                    Vice President: Kevin Kent 0212 957 635
                    Secretary:  mmrotarysecretary@gmail.com      
                    Bulletin Editor:  David Parker 021 735 576
Apologies/dinner guest(s):
Please phone 083 299 789 
by 9am Tuesday