HONEY CROP PROSPECTS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2871, 8 September 1916, Page 8

HONEY CROP PROSPECTS

f Tho Director of the Horticulture !• : ;jiDivision of the Department of Agrioul- - .:_xuro has received from tho Apiary In- -• structors tho following reports conccrn- ■ • jug tlio lionoy orop prospects:— * Auokland. —Eeportg so far indicate J that tho bees havo wintered well, and ■as -we have had- exceptionally wot - ; feather during July and August, the , prospects for a, good spring aro unusually' bright. About 3b tons of honey •■havo been graded at Auckland this jseason-• —, 'Wellington.—There is ovcry indication : 'of favourable 6pring.- The bees in this district, as far as can bo ascertained, • have wintered well. Tho present •.weather conditions have'enabled tho bees to get a. cleansing flight, and if - eontinuef will have very beneficial results. There ia nothing now to report. •««» Chnstohurch.—There is very little honey offering; most beekeepers are : " quite sold out; In tho Nelson province • there is a.little fresh nectar being gathered and 6tocks are gathering strength. : "'Several varioties or nectar-producing J flora are in bloom, gums, willows, naitive fuschia, being the principal. In a • .very sheltered place, white clover was ■ •found in bloom on August 15. _ ■ Dunedin. —Tho inarkot conditions are s unaltered. A few small lilies have come 'forward and have sold readily. Bulk lonoy is quoted at 53d. to 6d. . Sections, vv .. none offering;- Beeswax is : scarce, and |. is quoted Is. 4d. to Is. 6d.