BEE-KEEPING.

Taranaki Daily News, 27 March 1917, Page 6

BEE-KEEPING.

,1 . ; SHOW SCHEDULES. ! (By Clematis.") '' At the June, 1015, conference '->f the National Beekeepers' Conference, a fitandard schedule was drawn up for the various show societies to work upon, in •the honey section, at the various shows, so as competitors cpulfl send the same exhibit from show to show, and not have to prepare separate exhibits for each one to comply with the schedules. In the last issue of the Beekeepers' Journal, notes on show schedules says: A case of haphazard method occurs. New Plymouth Agricultural Society calls for one clear glass jar, containing not less than 31bs. The largest clear glass jar is the 21b. size, excepting fancy confectionery jars.. The honey section at the New (Plymouth Winter Show has been drawn up to suit every class of beekeeper, small and large, and giving a wide scope in which to show what can be produced. This has brought forward now for several years large entries, and a fine display, equal to, if not better, than any other show in New Zealand. This show, or honey section, has been made by the small beekeepers, and I think it's up to the members of the National Association, and the Honey Proi Aviation, to help lead the Wy" by coming out in competition, and bringing before the .public, a cheap, pure I and wholesome food. New Plymouth will be now classed a shipping port for export honey, and will no doubt be soon a Government grading . port for honey, and the Honey Produc- .; ers' Association might well consider the ■ establishment of a bottling and packing ! store in New Plymouth. The season has practically closed for surplus honey, and any extracting that has been held over should be done. With the conditions prevailing, the bees in most cases will gather enough to keep ; up brood rearing, but where stores are likely to be short, where little is coming ■ in, a little syrup given them will help . to keep the queen laying, as brood rear- ' ing should be kept up, so as *a large force of bees will be available to go into winter quarters).