BEEKEEPERS’ CONFER
SUITABLE INDUSTRY FOR RETURNED MEN.
At the Canterbury Beekeeping Conference to-day a good deal or reference was made to the suitability ot beekeeping for'' discharged soldiers. It has been decided to urge on the Government the necessity for the establishment of a State apiary in the South Island.
Miss M. Shoppeard suggested that twenty such apiaries should be established and put under the charge of discharged soldiers, who would receive their training from Government instructors. A (start could be made with 20 dr 30 colonies, which could bo gradually increased in number, so that discharged soldiers could earn a good salary before left to themselves. The conference decided emphatically to oppose any relaxation of the trading regulations in regard to liquid honey.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XLIV, Issue 10294, 31 May 1919, Page 4
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124BEEKEEPERS’ CONFER New Zealand Times, Volume XLIV, Issue 10294, 31 May 1919, Page 4
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