According to Mr. R. Jones, beefarmer, of Tahuna, the present season is an unfavourable one for the production of honey. “ Bees react more to the weather than do dairy cows, and a bad season means a considerably-reduced output of honey,” he said during the course of a chat with a reporter. The winds had been a contributing factor this year, he added, as they prevented the bees from getting out, or, when they were out, prevented them returning to the hive. Also the nature of the season was such that the clover, which was the principal foraging plant for the bees, did not yield as much honey as usual. The dryness was another cause of the unfavourable season. Mr. Jones, who has 250 hives of bees, has been bee-farming at Tahuna for seven years.
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Putaruru Press, 19 January 1928, Page 6
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