BEE TRANSFERRING.
e Tbe demonstrations 'of the interesting art x .-by.-Mr. Hopkins and his staff,.such as was given at tho Hastings Show on Thursday, will bo repeated at-the following shows, and possibly others. Gisborno' Dunedin Palmerston North Oamaru Hamilton- Timaru « Christchurch Carterton Ashburton , Ratigiora. • A special .object of the demonstrations is to enable box-hive keepers to escape the necessity- of being prosecuted under the -new Act after-itHe end of tho'year. The keeping of bees in hives not . fitted with removable frames will thereafter be firmly suppressed. Therefore, the opportunities afforded of learning tho simple method of transferring bees from the old hives-tb'new frame hives will doubtless.be appreciated. - A thousand peoplo witnessed the operation .at Hastings, the Minister, the Hon. It. M'Nab, being in tho crowd from, beginning to end. It is generally understood that the Minister likes bees best at a discreet distance.
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 336, 24 October 1908, Page 3
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143BEE TRANSFERRING. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 336, 24 October 1908, Page 3
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