Money in Bees.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 14 April 1910, Page 3

Money in Bees.

Tim honey industry is nMiking good Ii; :i:!\\';iill New Zealand (sa\\s i.ne .Mount- lianger "Mail"). Seien11lie■ lii".-J<t'|)i rs, working on :i large urc reported to be ci-uinj? well, iif.-'.s than tw,> years ago two Waikato ii[ii:ii ist:s began with iMll hives, lii.'t .st"V<.<n they doubled the iiuinl).r by natural increase, and ended up with 10 tons of honey and 000 liiwK. The honey, in Kill) tins. -,;t L' 10 a ten net wholesale, was worth ah.nit C'-IOO—-a, handcsino income. I mm 2.")() hi%'es. The present >.f 1 ;;s:>11 was begun with 000 hives, and i's tlre increase du,*ing the year was t t l;;j limited to 300, the output td' honey should be at least equal p: r hive to that of the previous s.asui. The income, therefore, .should be £'800. The cost of f'tabli.shing an apiary is comparatively heavy. The ruling price per full colony of Italian br-es, tiio variety favoured" in New Zealand, is C 2. Kxacitly what i.s the annual nntpiit of honey in Xew Zealand, i.s very difficult to compute. Heekeepers at pre*: lit are not registered, and no return is made of their output. Resistfatic.ii, however, is i";w living advocated in official circh s as the next nrw.it step in the orgauiy-atimi of the industry.