HONEY PRODUCTION.
NEW ZEALAND AVERAGE' HIVES.' - In the. next- issue of- the' "Journal of.' .■ the.Department; ■of^'Agricnlturt^'v/.t'heire^ .15 to appear: a.n articlo giving results ' compiled : from information . coUccted ■: . from apiarists .by. moans of' a'set'- 'of .. written i 1: questions ~.i circulated , aniong r ' them.; One hundred; and/sixteen.,-re-plies :to t&e 'questions '..were ..received- ./ and of' these ono hujidred 'and one'-aro-und :to contain'useful: information. ■ Some of the results 1 havo ■ been tabuv:latedj3,'and tho chief .figures aro giveni.' in the following- table :— ?. - -■•- ■ . • ... Gen. average
-, " For. tho" season 1909-10 the' aVeragcs iroin •: apiaries with/, an Italian! ' strain' wore. kept i. separate from ;• those of ■apiaries-., with black" bees, with tlio result that'it was. shown ibat . the' Italians' averaged 83.91b5., ■ and the -blacks. 66.1lbs., a difference of , about .25, per, cent.
■ \ ''.irrreturn. • Season. Answers, lbs. honey. V ' 1909-10 . ; 93 ' "■ ' - 76.3 190S-09 ....... 80 51 1907-03- 49 59 7 '■■■ i, 1900-07. 29 ' 59.8 " 1905-08 ...... ; 23 - 64.4 Aver, for tho \ . . t ; ■ 5 seasons ■ ''>C'ffl' Si : . :
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 931, 26 September 1910, Page 10
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156HONEY PRODUCTION. Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 931, 26 September 1910, Page 10
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