QUEEN BEES

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2181, 20 June 1914, Page 10

QUEEN BEES

THE COOK ISLANDS SCffi&ni A deputation from the Bde-Keepers' Coalerciiee, which bag Win shtiijg iji Wellington, interviewed, the lion, 11. H, ithados yesterday ra-wiiing,. 'JL'lmjt business icaily was with the Minister of Agriculture, Lmt, as Mr. Msssey is out of town, Mn Rhodes acted as his ikijuty. Mr. CV S. Cotterdl brougiit uafe the ttotic<j erf tks Minister a imkvtioa carried by the contfereiree, to Um etfcijt tljat the Gotonimeat bo asked to establish an apiary for tljc reafiiig of beos m the Cook Islands, Sroiii which a-pig-r* ists iiclfen , s!«i!i-l»in-rt cquM be Mipjfed with "qtlcoHs" at Cost price. Bo *% j plnivictl that tljß fttftlStj:, industry, isiii prodaetivonees <ot coloiiics of" bees irere mttch enliiHtccd by Fe-q-weeiiin.g roguteiy ovei'y spring. This, however, apiarists were jioiv ju'Everitqcl from doing beeaase fey ebuid not- -gfet g>looll bees ftt this season except iVam Ainerica, and itt ves;,y high pritus. It cost- abottfc 10S, 6(1. to import it qvific.it boo irain Alncriies, and tlm oost- ol incubating thea lot ally ov rtt Iferotoiiga sliould not- 1)0 marcs than Is. each. Owta.g to thus tropical elimiitc of tho Cook Urcu.pj it wenld I)© pssibte to proditco fju.ce.ri bees there nil thi> year through, ftttd> if they wro available to ijiiiarists iv-t «ost priflo, the output of hoiiej' woulet. bo inoro than i-lonbled in tsV-o seasons. At J)reBc'iit tho o«tp-ut per year was estiimated fa) be ijwtli ivbsut fiaftiflOf). Mr- if, Alton and Mr. Q. A. Jjicobseft supported Jlr. Cattevoil's request, aiid Ui-Ked also tlmt tho npia-ry. at Bita : knra Bliovild lirj pjit. UH'dor the control of a. ttnqlUied oifer of the (Whards aiid Apiaries' SeettQii of ttie a£ ■ Agriculiiiro. ' ■< Tiie Slin.ist.of stated in topJy tbivfc liliu dc|nita.tioji .must imd'orstitud tliat 'he, cpiild wifljio bo proin.isDS, but 1).6 VoiiW Imve UilwJi pififtsUfo i;ii passing wliiit tiiey had said <sm. to Mr. Massey* 'fhe tlepataiiott bad- slioVi.i hiju that tj.io , ■ output' 0f toiMjy in the Daminibu could , lib doubted, j).lttl tbo iilGrffasp wosjjd go to swell 'oflf 'expffrts. This ftedo the toetto 4n intpoF'toKt oiife, ami ho te liov-eil tliat it would receive full cuiisid* ei-fttfoa. . . jsji , . AlicH ako astel tliat at least(.wo other inspeetor shoiilij be tiikfi tei the staff of the A.pai-ic-5 JHvisi&n mt the Departiaeut to cope with 4ve iivereasing T.he- Hon. B-. Kkoflos leplotl tlrtt 110 would i'efcr this question also to Mr. Ma-Ssoy.