New Apiary Act Worries Beekeepers
DUNEDIN, May 6. Beekeepers in Otago and Southland are not a little concerned at what they say will be the inevitable effects of the proposed Apiary Registration Act if it comes into force in its p'resent draft form. Criticism is levelled principajly against, the clause providing for ttie registration of sites and stipulating that these must be at least two miles apart. This does not refer'to domestic apiaries which "are conducted aa. a hobby, but it will affect many ^oung returned seryicemen in..the province. It is contended that these men will be forced out of the industry if the Act becomes law. The provisions of the proposed Act are described as "iniquitous" in that they penalise instea.d of encourage young. men in the indusrty. When t!" proposed Act is discussed at the Dominion conference of beekeepers at Rotorua in July next there will be strong opposition to it from beekeepers in the sout'h, ' ;
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Chronicle (Levin), 7 May 1949, Page 5
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