Bees

Date: 1925 - 1959 - 1940

By: Alliance Box Company Ltd; A Ecroyd & Son Ltd; New Zealand Co-operative Honey Producers Association Ltd

Reference: Eph-A-BEE-SUPPLIES-1920/1960

Description: Lists and illustrates items for sale, with prices. Includes: Alliance Box Company Ltd catalogues for 1925/26 and 1926/27, 1932/33, 1936/37, 1937/38, 1938/39, 1939/40 and two undated from 1920-30s. NZ Co-operative Honey Producers Assn Ltd Season 1922-23. A Ecroyd catalogues for 1932/33, 1934/35, 1935/36, 1938/39. A Ecroyd & Son Ltd and Alliance Bee-Supplies Co Ltd combined catalogue ca 1959. Quantity: 15 album(s). Physical Description: Letterpress, in sales catalogues, sizes varing around 200 mm.

Date: 1897

By: Isaac Hopkins & Company

Reference: Eph-A-BEE-SUPPLIES-1897-01

Description: Lists and illustrates items for sale, with prices. Merchandise includes: extractors, honey tanks, hives, section boxes, smokers, knives, rubber gloves, dry-sugar feeders, comb holders, hive clamps, wax extractors, comb holders, Apifuge (insect repellant), honey tins and labels, Italian queen bees, fruit cases. Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Letterpress, in booklet of 16 pages, each 215 x 140 mm.

Date: 1850 - 1890

From: [Buchanan, John] 1819-1898 :Scrapbook [1856-ca 1890]

By: Jackson, Mason, 1819-1903

Reference: E-207-q-052-1

Description: Shows an aboriginal man looking skywards to the bee he is chasing (and not aware that he is about to trip over a low-growing shrub). Behind him are two other bee hunters. He is carrying a stick and cloth bag, and wearing a grass skirt. On the left is a grass tree. Compare with G Lacy's watercolour of the same title at B-067-052 Inscriptions: Recto - bottom centre - Title; Recto - bottom right - Artist's name. Difficult to decipher Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Wood engraving, 162 x 215 mm

Date: 1897 - 1919 - 1949 - 1905 - 1925

By: Pender Brothers Pty Ltd; H L Jones (Firm); Anthony Hordern & Sons (Firm)

Reference: Eph-A-BEE-SUPPLIES-Australia

Description: Lists and illustrates items for sale, with prices. Includes: H L Jones, Mel Bonum Apiaries, Goodna, Queensland. Bees, hives and honey; illustrated catalogue of bee-keepers' requisites for season 1897-8. Pender Brothers, beekeepers and manufacturers of beekeepers' supplies, West Maitland, NSW. Illustrated catalogue. 11th edition. August 1901. Anthony Hordern & Sons. Haymarket Sydney. 1905 beekeepers' supplies. Pender Bros Ltd. NSW price lists 1919 and 1925. Pender Bros. Appliances for the treatment of honey & beeswax. January 1949. Quantity: 6 album(s). Physical Description: Letterpress, in sales catalogues, sizes varing around 200 mm.

Date: 1984

From: Lodge, Nevile Sidney 1918-1989 :[Archive of original cartoons for the Evening Post and Sports Post, 1941 to 1988]

By: Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.); Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989

Reference: B-136-274

Description: Shows three vignettes. In the first vignette apiarists are looking at some beehives trying to decide if the bees are 'crook'. In the second vignette an apiarist is holding a notice that says 'all beehives must be sterilised by order Min. of Ag.'. In the third vignette onlookers watch as the Beehive (parliament building) in Wellington emits puffs of steam as it is being sterilised. Extended Title - A large team of Ministry of Agriculture apiary experts has gone to survey the spread of the disease - if it spreads there may be only one solution - with no exceptions? Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Black ink, letratone and crayon on paper, 261 x 388mm Finding Aids: Photocopies available in Pictorial Reference Service.

Date: 1905

From: Various artists :[Addresses presented to R. J. Seddon and Mrs Seddon. 1891-ca.1906]

By: Gulliver, William, active 1870-1905; Sage, Jesse, active 1905

Reference: D-005-021

Description: Central text in irregular oval frame, surrounded by New Zealand native flowers, bees and a butterfly. Stylised Southern Cross at top right. Artist attributed on grounds of surname and initial. Other Titles - To the Right Honourable R. J. Seddon, P.C., LL.D. (Cantab. et Edin.), Premier of New Zealand. Inscriptions: Recto - top centre - To / The Right Honourable / R. J. Seddon, P.C., / L.L.D. (Cantab. et Edin.) / Premier of New Zealand,; Recto - bottom centre - (Signatures): James Henry Johnston/ David Dunlop/ T. Ryan/ Margt. Healey/ R. Stackpole/ Alf W. Reed / Ann Coyle/ Charles East / H.H.Outon / B.N. Caffrrey / Bridget Brennan/ Sarah A. Strong / Wm A. Lloyd / Jesse Sage / Secy.; Recto - bottom right - W. Gulliver. Old Age Pensions Act was passed in 1898. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour, image 448 x 354 mm, on board 480 x 388 mm. Provenance: Probably arrived with Seddon papers, from Seddon family.

Date: 1914

By: Alliance Box Company Ltd; Stone, Son and Company

Reference: Eph-A-BEE-SUPPLIES-1914-01

Description: Lists and illustrates items for sale, with prices. Merchandise includes: "Alliance" dove-tailed hive, smokers, sections, division board feeders, Root's capping melters, Alexander honey strainer, Root's automatic extractor, Baines capping melter, wax extractors and presses, queen-rearing outfits, 'Porter" escapes, Van Deusen wax-tube fastener, honey bags and cartons, bee veils, bee brushes, books on beekeeping. Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Booklet of 32 pages, each 215 x 142 mm.

Date: 1970 - 1898 - 1985

From: Hill, Perry Martin, 1926-2005 :[Architectural plans. 1960-1990s]

Reference: Plans-2007-030-0061/0064

Description: Includes ground floor plan, south elevation, isometric sections through external wall showing window details, ridge eaves & plinth details and details of interlocking Marseilles tiles. Detail shows the bee logo on the Marseilles tile. These measured drawings were made for inclusion in the book "Restoring with style" (1985). Quantity: 4 plan(s). Physical Description: Diazo prints, sizes varying around 610 x 530 mm.

Date: 1917

By: Alliance Box Company Ltd; Stone, Son and Company

Reference: Eph-A-BEE-SUPPLIES-1917-01

Description: Lists and illustrates items for sale, with prices. Merchandise includes: Alliance twelve-frame dove-tailed hives, Hoffman frames, section frames, metal spaced frames, nickelled steel hive tool, comb foundation, Baines capping reducer, honey extractors, Hershiser wax press, Root wax press and uncapping can, Solar wax extractors, Swiss wax extractor, Benton queen cage, Alley queen and drone trap, honey knives, Porter bee escape, spur wire embedder, golden and three-banded queens, Holterman bee brushes, bee veils, smokers, honey packages, west cell protectors, Miller queen-catcher and introducing cage. Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Letterpress, in booklet of 16 pages, each 213 x 139 mm.

Date: 1987

By: Untold Books (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: Eph-E-LITERATURE-1987-01

Description: A long vertical grey poster with lettering and four bees in yellow and black. It announces the publication of issue #6 of the literary magazine "Untold". The writers who were to perform at the City Limits Cafe reading on New Year's Day 1987 were: John Dickson, Meg Campbell, Bill Direen, Ian Wedde, John Newton and Alistair Campbell. John Newton may possibly be Dr John Newton, lecturer at Canterbury University in 2000. Other Titles - 1 January 1987 Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Screen print, 895 x 320 mm. Provenance: Purchased in 2005.

Date: 1999 - 2000

By: Bromhead, Peter, 1933-; Dominion (Newspaper)

Reference: H-637-001/009

Description: Topics inlude the high price of whitebait, the effect of the 1999 election on business confidence, the public image of the Inland Revenue Department, shortcomings in the equipment of the New Zealand peace-keepers in East Timor, attitudes towards the millenium, the non-event of the Y2K bug, the high cost of funding the national museum, Te Papa, the cost of buying frigates, the exorbiant pay paid to television newsreaders as a news item, control of the varroa bee mite. Quantity: 9 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: A4 size colour prints

Date: 1916

By: Alliance Box Company Ltd

Reference: Eph-A-BEE-SUPPLIES-1916-01

Description: Lists and illustrates items for sale, with prices. Merchandise includes: separate parts of hives, frames, smokers, comb foundation, sections, stimulating feeders, cement-coated wire nails, bee veils, gloves, frame wire, observation hives, etc. Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Letterpress, in booklet of 8 pages, each 213 x 139 mm.

Date: 1977

From: Lodge, Nevile Sidney 1918-1989 :[Archive of original cartoons for the Evening Post and Sports Post, 1941 to 1988]

By: Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989; Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: B-134-745

Description: This cartoon features a cloud of bees pouring out of the Beehive (part of the parliament buildings). Workers are escaping and one of them tells a man who is standing on the main parliamentary steps what the cause is Cartoon probably from 1977 filed with those of 1975 Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink, letratone and crayon, 305 x 380 mm

Date: 1989

By: White, Cecil John, 1900-1986; Finey, George Edmond, 1895-1987; Bromhead, Peter, 1933-; Low, David Alexander Cecil (Sir), 1891-1963; Ball, Murray Hone, 1939-2017; Moir, Alan, 1947-; Scott, Thomas Joseph, 1947-; New Zealand. Ministry of External Relations and Trade; Grant, Ian Fraser, 1940-; Brockie, Robert Ellison (Dr), 1932-; Glover, Thomas Ellis, 1891?-1938

Reference: A-370-001/049

Description: Forty nine cartoons by Unk White, George Finey, Peter Bromhead, David Low, Murray Ball, Alan Moir, Tom Scott, Tom Glover and Bob Brockie for the Drawing the Line exhibition for the Ministry of External Relations and Trade, 1989. 'Drawing the Line: Cartoons across the Tasman' was an exhibition of cartoons by New Zealand cartoonists about Australian issues and the relationship between New Zealand and Australia, curated by Ian F. Grant for the New Zealand Ministry of External Relations and Trade. The exhibition toured Australian cities in 1989. Quantity: 49 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: 49 laser prints on card, sizes vary.

Date: 31 May 1964

From: Open Country Sound Recordings

Reference: OHInt-0002/066

Description: John Hamley talks about the occasion he and a friend were stranded (shipwrecked) at Merita, a little cove near the tip of Rangiawhia in the far north, and their encounter with a hive of bees while they were fixing their boat. Access Contact - see oral history librarian Venue - Wellington Interviewer(s) - Jim Henderson, presenter Venue - NZBC Studios, Wellington Accompanying material - Script at MS-Papers-1239, folder 19 Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHT5-0070 Quantity: 1 5" reel(s). 1 event(s).

Date: ca 1890

Reference: PA4-1134

Description: Stereoscopic photograph of a bee nest in a nectarine tree, taken by L Hanlon Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Bee nest in a nectarine tree; Recto - right of image - New Zealand Graphic Series; Recto - left of image - Hanlon - Photo Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print

Date: 2011

From: [Ephemera up to octavo size, relating to botany, botanical species and specimens, in New Zealand]

By: Manaaki Whenua-Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd; Fitzgerald, Neil, active 2000s

Reference: Eph-A-BOTANY-2011-01

Description: Pamphlet with cover photo by Niel [Neil] Fitzgerald showing a bee in a rata flower, lists the plants that encourage bees in an urban garden. Stresses the importance of bees and the threat to their existence due to the Varroa mite. Lists websites of relevant organisations such as National Beekeepers' Association, Trees for Bees NZ and Natural Habitats; Auckland Beekeepers Club, and NZ Comb Honey Producers Association. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset print, on sheet 210 x 297 mm. folded to 210 x 100 mm.

By: Wendy Wools (N.Z.) Ltd

Reference: Eph-B-KNIT-Wendy-1980s-01

Description: Knitting pattern for a 12-ply jersey with a buzzy bee design on the front and back. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Provenance: Donated by Dylan Owen, Wellington, in 2015.

Date: 2015

From: [Ephemera up to octavo size, relating to botany, botanical species and specimens, in New Zealand]

By: National Beekeepers' Association of New Zealand

Reference: Eph-A-BOTANY-2015-01

Description: Pamphlet suggests bee-firendly herbaceous plants, trees, shrubs and climbers suitable for home gardens. The accompanying flyer explains why bees need help to survive. Quantity: 2 Other printed ephemera item(s). Physical Description: Offset prints on pamphlet 210 x 297 mm, and flyer 210 x 100 mm. Provenance: Donated in 2015.

Date: [ca 1967-1983]

From: Kennedy, Ronald Edwin, 1925-2003 :[Original cartoons, albums of clippings and a metal printing plate, created by and belonging to Ronald Kennedy (Ronken), ca 1967-1983]

By: Kennedy, Ronald Edwin, 1925-2003; Waikato Times (Newspaper)

Reference: A-454-093

Description: Robert Muldoon as a bee holds a bill which reads: "$15-20 million unbeelievable Beehive bill". The caption reads: "The latest buzz... While everyone's watching the price of petrol, someone's sneaking up the cost of beehives...". Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Pen and ink drawing, 200 x 290 mm