NEW ZEALAND HONEY.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 924, 17 September 1910, Page 14

NEW ZEALAND HONEY.

A CONFERENCE. ■ FEDERATION' OF APIARISTS. ' . The growth of the honev-produoing industry within the Dominion ,;has re•sulted in a federation of certain associations of. beekeepers. . Yesterday morning a conference of' representatives of beekeepers' associations was opened in the Dominion' Museum. ;Theroi; . were present Messrs. R. Carpenter, C. A. Jacobsen (Canterbury), B. G. Etlwards (North Otago), H. "\V. Warchope (South Tara-naL-i), H., Bt. Shaw (AVaikato), G. Stevenson, J. B. Adams .(Poverty Bay), l T. W.' Kirli' (Director.-.; of" the .. State Apiaries' Division),- and \Y. 8.'.-Bray. (State. Bee .'lnstructor).'. ' Mr. .Carpent-er was elected chairman. Federation to ba Formed. .Mr. Adams moved that a.federation of' all beekeepers' associations in the Dominion be effected by tbo. associations affiliating with .one Body to be. known as the National, Federation. of Beekeepers. .. . was carried. ■ , ,Mr.,; Shaw .moved, and Mr. Warchope seconded, - that the .'.federal council shall ( .consist of 'orie member, frrbm each associatioiij. to . be;. electedannually, " who must .vote either : in .person or.;by. proxy; 110 member: to have, more than . one vote.- The .'proposal was , carried. , It ; was resolved " that the .federal council shall arrange a conference during tho.winter months in.each year.. > Each , association', is to. contribute,, a sum equal , 'to >; one ;, shilling iper.. member.per. annum. • • Mri AV; B. Bray (Government Bee Instructor); oonsented';'to sional secretary.:. ■ hi-: ,'' Objects. Objects of ; tlie federation, decidetl by resolution, The advancement .and...the'/.improvement t in modern: methods'of; bee 'culture.:.,'! 1 (2) To 'secure, to the beekeepers, .by. mutual co-opera-tioii,; a'^\fair. reiiiuheratio'n;,,-for:.tlieir..-pro-diicts.,- (3) To -effect a ''general'; unity-, throughout ;.New 'Zealahtl'-'of, the . different .associations. 'coriiiectfed : . with the, ; beokeeping i'indust"ryand'^to' eff ed. dctioii, in /all matters relating,to : the\ general . welfare of ; tho. - whole ; federation. (4) To :.se(iuro by legislation'theencoiiragement and protection ' of the .industry.• . Crop Statistics. ; : As'ix>'the best method :of' forming a. conclusion of the extent'of the .honey' crop in New , Zealand,,,it. was 'decided that secretaries- of affiliated . societies should !be' annual, ;ret'urns 'to the general 'council as to: :the. extent .of, the:honey crop in,';their, districts. ... ,' The. value of . such. figures was. emphasised'by Mr. .Bray.. .. : ■ Regulating Prico. ■i "The best'-method 1 : of regulating the price of honey in . the 'Dominion," was '^considered'and; ' discussed-■ . at ,; ',some .length. Mr. Shaw.' saidv that, a; few:-years ago, tho AVaikato Association, made a serious attempt ', in. this/ direction,. and; arranged; with".Auo!clahd"firms,. but tho /project;' w'as. 'not ;piish^d:f.to.a :^ successful, 'issue owing ;to lack of co-operation'.','. / Jlr. Adams moved.: "That t-liis con- • fcrenco comracnds• tlie Canterbury Bee- ; k(H2p'ers'. ■ Association in '. their /effort to 'give,- 'effect to, a.-'co-operative , scheme, ■andj. fui'ther, recommends that all asso-, ciations '"should;/.work : .:;ih,/,the ' direction. of-, contrdilmgj. sales, of their; mbmbers'v/stocks, .'with ;a' view? .t6 'pre^ehtingt.'the; flooding. of. "iiiarkets" and/'consequent , depression, of prices." , I;' Mr.' Shaw seconded/' the . motioiii which was carried: ~ '■ - 1 - ': Extra Inspectors. v The,.;fol]owing:/iteifi^/was.'discussed "That " the /Departmeiit"; of Agriculture' ,be' requested;'to- appoint..at, least, t\yo .■extra irispecttrs//of .iapiaries,. oiie', ; for_ each . islandor: failing'/ that,' . local/ in-: specters be appointed. in districts miero,'required."; >,•/..//. ; . Mr./Eirk-'said/that'-.the Minister-had already placed; it ..siim :on. tho Estimates, in or^ier;. to: provide. for : other; inspec,tors..' That; might V...mean . that they., would 'get '.soiheon© '/towards 'the.:'end' of tho year.. f ' .. : / ! - v;,: .^'. " /It was resolved that ,it was' desirable ~tp nispectors'/at an earlydate. -://';- 1 :- ■ /.i/-"^..' The Best Bee? < - When a question j was ' put . respectiiig the/best bee 'for..New '&aland'.purposes, it was;/pointed'; outvthat dt,/'depended, whether the. apiarist.would.count, honeyor /extracted honey.'' Tlie Italian, bee; was favoured ,as ..beingtlie .best/.honey-/ gatherer;., and:, .the. .flack- •' bee., as \the best/ for ' comb-building/ / .'lt; -was; re•solved that. the/Italian" bee'.- is the,most' | suita,ble for: beekeeping ~in ; New ' Zealand.,/ i /:/": , ;" ;; / 5 /:/. ; :/;,-/■/'■ ;-':-/.--'/';i/