BEE-KEEPING.

Taranaki Daily News, 6 August 1917, Page 8

BEE-KEEPING.

REGISTRATION OF APIARIES. By "Clematis. 1 To comply with the Apiaries Amendment Act. 1913, any person with one hive of hoes and upwards is required to register same, and can obtain cards for the purpose from principal post offices. Any person fail'mcr to do so is liable to a. fine not exceeding £5.

BOX HIVES. The time is approaching when those having the old box hives should be prepared to transfer to the lepral frame hive, otherwise they are liable to prosecution. For keepiiiir bees in other than a properly constructed frame hive, Alex Dickie was fined £3 and costs 7s on May 10 at Auckland.

honey rnonuer.ttS' association. TIOX. Some 30" cases of honey were shipper from Auckland on June 20. beinf? conveyed to the filing side by a number of four-ton lorries, 'and bad it not boon for tht l contraet with the ''Bristol and Dominions," all that and a hundred tons more "would have been thrown on the local market, to the loss of hundreds of pounds to the beekeepers. There would have been a. supply far preater than the demand, and the returns paid by the merchants would not be anywhere near What Ihe beekeepers are now receiving for their honey through the association. The shipping has become so acute that the question of shipping honey to Fn;:lljid privately is praeticallv out of the question. Pome bonev lias been in store in Auckland now for several months for private shipment, and may remain there for some considerable time. Had it not been for the contract with the Bristol Dominions Company probably not live t'^ s of honey would have been exported year. I have he.-M'd that a Timant merchant bought (ifiOlbs of honey at V,U per lb. There's an old faying, "A fool and his (honey) is soon jMurted."

ATTENTION TO ITIVES. See that. the bees have plenty ot stores, if not, feed with su»nr syrup. Keep the bees warm with two or three drv mats over frames; conserve the heat of' the hive, and less food will be consumed bv the bees. AH the beer, should be in the lower box, and the other supers removed The queen will in strong hives be layand Ihe food supply must be carefully watched, as a ;,'ood deal will be consumed to nurse the young brood, and every attention now will well repay you during the coming season. I am given to understand that Mr. George Taylor, of Hawera, is going out of beekeepiiiT Mr. Taylor lias been prominent al all 'laranaki shows. and has won many red tickets, and always done anything in hi-, power to further the ben and l'.oney industry. llis retirement will, therefore, be a distinct loss to Taranaki.