THE HONEY CROP

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 165, 7 April 1919, Page 10

THE HONEY CROP

*■ .TEE SEASON REVIEWED. : ' "The Director of tte Horticultural Divii don of the Department of Agricu turo F '■ has received frani' the Apiary Instruci tors tho following-report concerning the '; honey crop prospects:- ■ '- Auckland.— Large quantities of l.oney ! for export are now arriving at Hie gratt- ; W etore in Auckland. The quality gen- • erally appears good. Local prices remain ; unchanged. Beeswax is in demand at i from 29. to 2s, 3d. per lb. ... \ r Wellington'.—At the time of -writing i there is still a' quantity, of honey being i gathered by the bees. . The summer ia i likely to prove late in closing, trms giv- '■■ ing a lengthened opportunity to the gath- ! erers. The crop has been- fair to good. ! and anything gathered .from now onward i will not materially affect tho output. A I number of small consignments are arrivi in? at the grading stores for export. Prices are not'so firm as formerly, owing ■ to large consignments of Californian ari riving on the English'markets. Section i lioney is scarce,- and, Beeswax is bringing j 25.-3d.- per lb. ■ '. '' . .-. •■ ' rChristchurch and Dunediii.—The sea- : ton is; practically finished. Extracting is still engaging the attention of beekeepers ; in.Bome districts, but the bulk of the ! crop has'been secured. Consignments for i export-are now' coining forward. Aβ preI viously reported,-the crop, in Southland i , is a failure,- consequently none is availi able for export-.-. The quality of the } honey this season is excellent as is usual ! when the., clover. blooms freely. Prices i ..are firm,..sections to is. 6d. per dozen. f Pat honey, none forward. Beeswax is ; in strong demand, and is quoted at 2s.