THE HONEY INDUSTRY.
• ''■■'■ Concerning tie-recent foreign.inquiries for. ■ ■ ;New Zealandjhpneyj\th'eie ; appears 'at present : to';be,^little;honey, availablo,for_exportV /.The- ■: ; ; present,, wnolesale'value ,'of ._ New . .Zealand •; : ;hoheyan': : Britain ;|would ; be':abo'ut £45^6^, ton, .and. that' is .approximately' the', New ZeaS dand; local; valued, Wrile.the London'price' is a.'good :pne'for.New;'Zealand; bee-keepers"to, . keep in for; surplus produce,' . ithere. does •not' at' present appear .'to .be (any' . 'likelihood-:-'of ■ any v happening. -.> Tho New. Zealand'demand ; isgrowing faster-,than : .the.'supply;;:.Mr.,Hopkins, the State.Apiarist,. 'inforrhs ; ; us\' that; 'owing?: to^theVpfomiuence 'given' tp.Ctho' honey ; industry'-.during: the;past' ' -' few-years, .and the.TOniidence: which the pub-; ;.lie have acquired'in the,quality)qf;the;:honey - produced :vmder;-the conditions,; '•- (many.'thousands':}of:'.people' ..who;'formerly' ; rarely V.touched 'honey at all, .treat :it;as. an-.article ! 6f; almost daily consuraptiori.'.vHe:: i -is ;surp'rised-:>at;'the; exfent,:of; the ..localfde'- • mahd;-.-,;;:'J'v;-,v;;.;7;^;:'- '".'„'•'.■'•:■.:■:.- '.'■-*';■-■■'■■■' ' '■ r -'.Jn .regard te. the producing-side of-'the iri- ; du6try,:.Mr; Hopkins, states,..that■ tho.'pre- ■ ;sence;of lady .assistants'at;.the Statei apiarieV : . has.'helped'.to'induce other' ladies to'take -a . 'keen:int«re'st:;in the work,:and : he has great : expectations'as, to; the future of. ;apiculture. ; . ,among;the. women of .New'Zealand.,'V ■,:•■';..!";" , : 'Miss Olive ,Kent,. in, charge'.of:the..Weraroa ! : State: 'ApiaryJ ; who: leaves .the Department. at, ■■ ■ the beginning of,.next month to married, -.' will be succeeded: by' Miss;'. : Daisy •■'Hartj' : :'of ; ; OhTistchnrch.;:.Miss Hart .passed ilirough a r .bee-keeping 'course at-'Werarba: last season, : - arid-is ;a. diploma-holder.:: She'will enter; the ■■ Department next;-Monday..iv.'..;/ .'.:;.'.,' ,
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 406, 15 January 1909, Page 5
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195THE HONEY INDUSTRY. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 406, 15 January 1909, Page 5
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