BEE-KEEPING.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1271, 28 October 1911, Page 8

BEE-KEEPING.

FOUL BROOD DECREASING. Bee-keeping, says tho Minister for Agriculture, in his annual, report, is lnakißS very satisfactory progress, due in large mcasuro to the effective control »i the chief drawback of commercial bcek-keej-ing—fonl brood—by reason of tho existence of the Foul Brood Act. Tlis measure, says the Minister, is the only ewe in existence which really attains its object. As a consequence, foul brorid is decreasing in New Zealand, while it is on the increase in practically every other country. An export trade is developing, but at present the amount, of honey available for export is too small to provido a regular snpply for Home markets, and in the absence of this full returns cannot, bo secured. In two or three seasons, says tho Minis-tor, a sufficient supply will' be available to test oversea markets thoroughly, and thereby place tho export trado in honey on a geed basis. Tho futnre, according to the Hon. Mr. Mackenzie, is assured, as New Zealand can produco a, honey which will stand comparison with . the .best raised in any part-of the world, while apiarists of the Dominion are-now working «n such sound and up-to-date lines that they are obtaining tho full benefit of their labour.