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Demonstrate knowledge of beehive, and beehive frame assembly and
repair
Level
2
Credits
2
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to demonstrate knowledge of
beehive, and beehive frame assembly and repair.
Subfield
Agriculture
Domain
Apiculture
Status
Registered
Status date
21 August 2009
Date version published
21 August 2009
Planned review date
31 December 2014
Entry information
Open.
Accreditation
Evaluation of documentation by NZQA and industry.
Standard setting body (SSB)
Primary Industry Training Organisation
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference
0052
This AMAP can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Special notes
1
Legislation includes but is not limited to the – Health and Safety in Employment Act
1992, Biosecurity Act 1993, Biosecurity (National American Foulbrood Pest
Management Strategy) Order 1998, and their subsequent amendments.
2
This unit standard applies to hives of the langstroth removable frame type. A
recognised industry standard for the metric langstroth hive can be obtained from the
National Beekeepers Association of NZ (Inc) (NBA) website at http://www.nba.org.nz,
or email secretary@nba.org.nz.
3
Definition
Beehive frames – the part of the beehive on which worker bees build honeycomb.
Up to ten beehive frames hang vertically inside each beehive box. Beehive frames
are used to contain the honeycombs in a beehive to allow the honeycomb to be
removed for purposes such as inspection or honey extraction. Beehive frames
include plastic frames and those with plastic foundations.
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Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Demonstrate knowledge of beehive assembly and repair.
Performance criteria
1.1
Beehive parts are identified and described in terms of their features.
Range
base or bottom board, brood boxes and honey supers, queen
excluder, sugar feeder, hive mat or inner cover, lid or cover.
1.2
Equipment and raw materials required to construct and repair beehives are
described in terms of quantity.
1.3
Preservatives used to treat beehives are described in terms of quantity required
and quality.
Element 2
Demonstrate knowledge of beehive frame assembly and repair.
Performance criteria
2.1
Beehive frame parts are identified and described in terms of their features.
Range
top bar, end or side bar, bottom bar.
2.2
The bee space is described in relation to the langstroth removable frame hive.
2.3
Equipment used to construct and repair frames is described in terms of its
function.
Range
wiring board, embedding board, wire, nails, tacks, staples or
eyelets, wax foundation sheet, hammer, staple gun, glue, crimper,
waxing plastic frames, safety equipment.
Please note
Providers must be accredited by NZQA, or an inter-institutional body with delegated
authority for quality assurance, before they can report credits from assessment against
unit standards or deliver courses of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be accredited by NZQA before they can register
credits from assessment against unit standards.
Accredited providers and Industry Training Organisations assessing against unit standards
must engage with the moderation system that applies to those standards.
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Accreditation requirements and an outline of the moderation system that applies to this
standard are outlined in the Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP). The
AMAP also includes useful information about special requirements for organisations
wishing to develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for
tutors and assessors, and special resource requirements.
Comments on this unit standard
Please contact the Primary Industry Training Organisation standards@primaryito.ac.nz if
you wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.
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