HONEY AFFECTED
BITTER FLAVOUR FROM RAGWORT LESSON AT RUAKURA Special to THE SUN CAMBRIDGE, Today. Warnings to apiarists against the tainting of honey by ragwort, a weed sufficiently troublesome already to New Zealand sheepowners and dairymen, were given at the annual field day held this week by the South Auckland Beekeepers’ Association at the Ruakura State Farm of Instruction. Several speakers instanced the danger to honey quality in the ragwort areas of South Auckland. The bitter honey produced by bees feeding on ragwort was not acceptable in the opinion of the Honey Producers’ Association. Ragwort was spreading rapidly in almost every district of South Auckland. Its growth would result in financial loss to the producers. A resolution was passed calling the attention of the Department of Agriculture to the danger in the unrestricted growth of ragwort.
Mr. J. A. Young, M.P. for Hamilton, urged efforts by apiarists and farmers to destroy ragwort.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 904, 22 February 1930, Page 11
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152HONEY AFFECTED Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 904, 22 February 1930, Page 11
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