THE MONEY INDUSTRY.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 100, 21 January 1908, Page 2

THE MONEY INDUSTRY.

QUALITY GOOD. SOME INTERESTING, PARTICULARS Lovers of hoivoy will. bo pleased, to learn tliat the nectar lof tH e, pifes eiit ?' sea soil' •rw lIT • be of vei'y .high us-.the'state- . ment of "Mr. I. Eopkms, the Government apiarist, .who thie- gj&t. volume of. sunshine.-'which liasvflooded ;the past, few months.: ;.;Sunshine v .'arways/ - niearis' quality in lioney. >As '.to ■ tho probable quantity, Mr. Hopkins will not' commit himself at this early stage. Ho wants rain to rovive, tho pastures and-their honeyed'flowers. 'Ap- . parently, if the; droughtvdoes.riot .'soon- break' up,. our 'honey.'■nill;ibo ; |slightly .6ca.rce,';;and'i therefore dear, but: it- will be • worth every halfpenny we pay. ' I'ft. , Government'■ bee export/ informed a; Dominion , representative yesterday _ that' he. had r «EC"k& almosti'without, .exception,'- that the -box 'hive-kcepers.,"were splendidly with the requirements- of-.-the'- Apiaries : Act in Tcgisd'.'t-o I .' the substitution ;'of frame.: hives and other requirements, r- ■.■ Mr.-Hopkins- has .-just -.'come ■ down' from, a ■ tour' of the'northern:.bee districts,'- where he has. been' distributing coMectihg-jars , Franco-British Exhibition of noxt % May; ; .''He' , proceeds on to . the'; soutli:;to-mdrt6w to f do < 1 further distributing ;in, soutbdm district?.-;. Tlie intention is ,to solid six dozen 21b. fancy. show jars of hone}* for the New Zealand court at.tho exhibition, ' The honey is; to;' l)ki supplied from a .number of the principal, apiaries/ including- two jars :from;:tfie .Government'.: apiaries' I 'of' Ruakura and Levin | ; and ,-tho name ,-of the apiarist; the date; bf .cxtrac;tioff;i and :' (when -possible), the/.specific. gravity, ivill'.-be ' attached-' v suchy.a "splendid; seasc-.v- of the New Zealand honey ou'gl- Mirm-' Pans.v-Tho following disti i- i' contribute' I ''.';h,-ii l f 44lbv of. honey,: —Auci-'. Hawke's Bay, raga, Maiiawaty, Xahcertni'r,, ■; Ota*go;';.Southlrn'd, Marlborough, and - Nelson'' The honey is- to-.leave; Wellington ' late in."Ftyruary : or/ early in March. - -a'-;-Thero is- a singular circumstance connected' .with '.the recent. appointment 1 .'of the', twoapiary' inspectors. Mr.' Hopkins; was instrumental in getting.' beekeopers',' associations formed'in Southland, Canterbury,. .-Waikato, and Hawke's Bay.andwo understand, hediscovercd aiid nominated ,tho secretaries for ■each of tho four.,'■When,-;a-little.jlater,:---he-had • two inspectorships': to ' fill, :ho ' promptly' secured, the. secretaries of the two first-uanied of/- these ''associations' (Messrs:'vGibbs and 1 Bray) for the positions. Obviously, meritand -dnthusiasm were 1 properly rewarded v in these,instances, and- in''the natural order ofthings their-'successors, and:.the other, two. secretaries (i at AVaikato , and.'-Hawke's. Bay ought to bo ear-marked. for Mure vacancies. The Government is. now. initiating into the ways of beekeeping , four.: -i at Levin, and three ■ (includingtwo.yyoung women) at Ruakura. .These cadets pay nothing , and receiveno pay.'. They have merely' to defray the cost-of their; hoard, which is about 12s. 6d.' a-week. ■ They will at; tho end bo- examined for - .diplomas. ( Tko' course extonds from tho. end- of. September to March, and cadets'aro required to attend tho whole, course. \ This. is important, because in beekeeping - every week has 1 its new- operation. - Tho September and October work includes tho • important operation, of bringing,; the weak, winter-worn to - strength for the,' opening of the: honey/season, and, also tho queen-rearing,, .There are already several names on Mr. Hopkins's cadet - list-for.- next season;. Tho number: will not bo limited, excopt by the accommodation available. ' One of-tho new applicants lives :in : Victoria.: Jlr. Hopkins's • .proposed queen-rearing 'T,'oik,'for:distribution,;'has->beeii: considerably delayed by the■ deaths 'of -all • the- Italian ; queens .imported. Ho obtained two consignments- of- seven. and', eight queens from America, 1 and all arrived dead. 'Australian queens aro nearer-at hand, but it is desirable' i to b'pgin with .st6ck'.fron'{ ':a' colder,: or /equally; ' cold,. climate.' Mr.' Hopkins: has,, however," ! ijaid a ; good, ,'ioundatipn vntli f somo . Italian queens'recently reared oy liis hew inspector,, Mr.. Gibbs.