HONEY CROP PROSPECTS.

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2588, 9 October 1915, Page 8

HONEY CROP PROSPECTS.

'APIARY INSTRUCTORS' REPORTS A The Director of 'the Horticulture Division .has received'from the. Apiary Instructors the following-reports, concerning tho honoy crop prospects Auckland.—Tho latter part of'Spptem- : ibor lias been rather jStormy,-. : 'faoes liortii of 'A'izckjand ; ar-o ■ storing 1 liorioy irom {ruitj.ti-troe, .and early, bush llotfcre. There are indications of a '" fair season m> tho ■ 1101 th,.. but.. it ,is • aathor early to -be , certain rjefc.;;, ; • (Wellington —The weather ,vconditions fere apparently good in'tile? north-for a. > - honey crop this season, - .sit. is to .1)6 / liopcd :£hey remain so, for 'a roally good Beason - has not been . experienced v nero ■ for some years, Avrth -tlio exception. ( of last year, round, Palmerston ; 'North.. : (Tho prospects generally are for a good/ honey crop. Christchurch. —Bees have been get- * ting -a little nectar' .principally from V ivillowa lately. The very dry weather 9s causing a - good deal of anxiety to ' toany beekeepers. Brood rearing is cot so advance/1 as usual for this tiir.o of tho year, vwmg to shortage of " stole.-)' . ond changeable climatic conditions—cold Easterly and southerly winds, haver been frequent during tho month.. J.wojld suggest keeping the feeders going, for b wlulo and not letting tho bees die; tfjis'drought cannot last for ever. ■ prospects■ of ..a gr/>d • • season aro excellent. A spell of f>»o Wflatter has enabled the .-bees-.to. work • - the willow and fruit blooms. In bush reports. : % v hand'"ar6- tfty;be&t. ' reoeived for- Borne seasons, and already ■ indicate .a surplus of nectar over- or-, dinary Tcquirements .'for . stores..,. In•North' Otago and South Canterbury, v th<3 pastures are dry and continued feed- ; • ing is ''ufecessary. : Given, a spell •>! w*t : weather to revivo tho- .clover .pastures, : b to - yd crop would bo obtained, l-riew . aro : unchanged: ■ Bulk honey is quoted et- sd. ; r ■ Sections,'* -noise offering. . 1 Jees- 1 ■i. wax is in strong,domand. . v. ■