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COVER : The honey bee worker is a tireless harvester of pollen and nectar. Hairs covering the bee’s body trap the tiny granules of pollen, which are then collected by combs on the insect’s legs, moulded into pellets and carried back to the hive. Photo by Michael Schneider.
CONTENTS - Features :
LAST OF THE LIGHTHOUSE KEEPERS [the isolation, the romance, the rugged beauty of some of New Zealand’s most remote locations and the people who call those places home];
NEW IMMIGRANTS [from silvereyes to swallows, Australia’s birds have been emigrating and finding New Zealand conditions to their liking];
THE AMAZING BEE [nature’s workaholics pack a power of living into six short weeks - the life-span of a summer worker bee];
MINGINUI’S LAST STAND [Tiny Minginui tries to subvert the military might of the New Zealand Army during exercises in the beleagured town];
KAURI [King of the Northland forests, the might kauri carries a rich heritage of history and folklore - and ongoing debate about its role as a timber tree];
CONTENTS - Departments :
FROM THE PUBLISHER [a tool for learning]; LETTERS [readers respond to our first issue]; GEONEWS [spider mites tackle New Zealand’s gorse problem; magnificent March aurora : B-9, floating beneath the Antarctic; Hector’s dolphin protected by new mammal sanctuary; Outside : update on Everest expedition]; SPACE [the time of the crow]; PLACE NAMES [British influence in the colony]; WEATHER [what happened to Northland’s summer?]; BOOKS [Reviews of Whales, Encounters with whales and dolhpns and coastal fishes of New Zealand]; SALUTE [here’s to our writers, photographers and artists]; MINI ADS;