BEEKEEPING.

Taranaki Daily News, 14 February 1918, Page 4

BEEKEEPING.

i (By "Clematis.") MAIN CROP OF HONEY. ! ' The greater part of the beekeepers ■will either have extracted or be about to extract the main crop of honey. To obtain a good keeping honey, extract when the combs arc capped or sealed. The vessel holding the honey should not be more than from 18 to 24 inches deep. Let the honey stand for several (hys and any particles of wax and scum will have risen to the top, and can be skimmed off. Special attention should be given to its condition before running it off into tins, bottles, etc., holding it for the market Honey should not be tinned for the market till it beams to thicken in the tank. It should just run slowly into the receptacles holding it. HONEY PACKAGES. Honey now 'comes under the Pure Poods and Drugs Act, and must have a label on each package denoting weight of contents, and name of packer. Have a small, neat, attractive label. A Wellington grocer was recently prosecuted and fined for buying honey in bulk and retailing it in packages not complying with the above regulations.

LOCAL MARKET. The average price obtained for first grade honey lias improved' wonderfully during the last six years. The New Zealand Honey Producers' Co-operative Association is mainly respons»ble for the good position the industry holds to-day. Tins Association lias fostered and established an export trade that would have grown by leaps ,"• •■! bounds had the war ■•,;ot handicapped n various ways. The average prices obtained for 21b tins lon the lc-al market are:—l9l3, 8s to Ifls fid do;:.: 1914, 10s Cd doz.; 1915, lis d'M; 1010, 13s 6d doz. : 1917, 15s d 0?..; 1918, 18a doz. DISPOSAL OF HONEY.

T have been asked the best way of disponing of lioney. and where. Note my remarks at the beginning of these notes. If one does not care to pack for the local trade and comply with the Pure Foods Act, (otherwise one is liable to prosecution) take up shares in the New Zealand Honey Producers' Association, Hawera. This company receives honey .direct from the extractor in 'hulk from shareholders.

I HONEY AS A FOOD. "Eat i' 1 0" lioney, because it is good!" Money is not only a medicine, hut a food, direct from nature, the nectar of (lowers, gathered, modified and evaporated by ilie bees. No purer or better food lias been given to man. Every liowrr produces a different flavor. If yon don't like one try another. Honey at the present time is cheaper than butler, and children should be given honey as part of a meal. It counteracts the evil of bad food to 1 marked extent. WINTER SHOW. Beekeepers, don't forget to save for the New Plymouth Winter Show in June. WE MUST REPEAT When Everybody tells the Same Story. It is hard to say new things abotr; Doan's Backache Kidney Pills. They cure the lame and aching back, the sufferer from kidney disorders, and the (roubles of those whose urinary- organism is wrong in its actions. That they do this is so easy to prove that not a vestige of doubt remains. Public endorsement is easily proved. Read this: Mr A. W. MeEwen, Carrington Road, New •Plymouth, says:—"For about twelve months I suffered from pains across (lie loins. They were very trying and inconvenient to me, also prevented me from getting proper re',l at night, for one cannot sleep when the back constantly aches. I saw Doiurs Backache Kidney Pills advertised, and making up my mind to give them a trial, bought a bottle without delay. 1 got relief after a few doses and this encouraged me to go on with them, with the result, that after having tak?n eight bottles I was completely cured. Doan's Backache Kidney Pills are thoroughly reliable. Five years later, Mr. MeEwen pays: "I have not suffered with my back since Doan's Backache Kidney Pills cured me five years ago. That is what I like about Doan's Backache Kidney Pills, they cure to stay cured." Doan's Backache Kidney Pills are sold by all chemists and storekeepers at 3/per bottle (six bottles 16/6), or will be posted on receipt of price by Foster-Me-Clellan Co., 70 Pitt Street, Sydney. But, be sure you get DOAN'S. 3 DURAND'S REGULATING PILLS. Are best and most successful. PromptIs- relieve every distressing symptom. No failures. Every ca=e successfully treated, ii/- a box post free by return-mail Bridge Drugstores, Ma.y'Ordsr CttsaisU