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Hokitika Guardian, 10 January 1928, Page 3

With the instincts of an amateur apiarist, a Scut oil the* North Shore intently watched a large swarm of bees living high in the air, and seemingly coining from a long distance across the harbour (says the Auckland “ Stai ). ine swarm hovered for a while above his three-eighths of an acre, circled gracefully, and finally settled on one of the largest trees in his back garden. His delight at the black mass pendant from one of the branches was only equalled when lie went out the following day and looked with amiable interest upon the preparations for setting up a hive. Within a week, he says, a start has been made to gather lioney from surrounding hack gardens, the event being something in the nature of

ii New Year windfall. Stewart Island’s dry spell, which had lasted over live weeks, luckily broke a few days ago (says an exchange). Many I people heaved a sigh of relief, as water was badly needed. On top of the absence of rain, the weather for the past month has been so phenomenally hot that even the native trees were showing signs of drooping foliage. Visitors to the island are, of course, delighted with the calm, warm days,, and the Inlet and Ha If moon llay are clotted with launches and boats of every description. Small boats are at a premium, and every available dinghy, leaky or otherwise, is in commission. With all the boarding houses filled to their capacity and every cottage and private residence filled with friends and relatives, the island is experiencing a remarkably gay season.