Bees In Chatham Islands
Sir, —Years ago by father took a great interest in bees when we lived in Whangamarino. We had an orchard of at least three acres of all kinds of fruit and strawberries. Then there was over 10 acres of mature trees and bees had plenty of shelter. My father took swarms of bees off an apple tree and if short of a bee box he used a kerosene box. I do not remember any trouble on the
Chatham Islands with bees. I had several hives at Sandstone for years and took honey from them without trouble as late as 1920. When the native bush died and was cut down it probably made all the difference. I consider the climate is colder now and the sea wind is very hard on any trees planted now, so the bees lack shelter. If the islanders planted more white clover and shut up the paddocks for the bees they might not have so much trouble.—Yours, etc., N. R. A. COX May 4, 1959.
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Press, Volume XCVIII, Issue 28887, 6 May 1959, Page 9
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