tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1662348936086501719.post74389192100972695..comments2023-08-15T23:08:28.791+12:00Comments on Bees in the Antipodes: Early NZ beekeepingNgaiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08413136577784656552noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1662348936086501719.post-56594799336233737922015-12-20T16:08:44.179+13:002015-12-20T16:08:44.179+13:00There are some historical inaccuracies here. Bumby...There are some historical inaccuracies here. Bumby did not get her bees in NSW but succeeded in bringing them out from England. Cotton in "My Bee Book" wrote of how he intended to bring bees to NZ, not a description of his actual success. He did attempt to bring them out but failed. His first lot of bees - unaccompanied by him from London - were rolled about so much on deck that some bees escaped and the hives were thrown overboard in Plymouth Sound. On arrival there Cotton discovered their loss, sourced more bee hives but the ship's captain would not allow the large hogshead to be shipped. Cotton's hives - straw skeps - were stored under an inverted jolly boat. Night plundering by sailors with a taste for honey saw their demise. Cotton attempted to source hives in Sydney but it was not until later that James Busby brought hives from NSW to NZ for himself and Cotton that the latter became a beekeeper at the Bay of Islands.peter barrettnoreply@blogger.com