HONEY CROP PROSPECTS

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3185, 8 September 1917, Page 10

HONEY CROP PROSPECTS

£■' The- Director of the Horticulture Divi- ?;'■'• eion has received from tho Apiary ln- ':' etructors tho' following report concerning .: "the honey trop prospects ■ : v • Auckland.—.Notwithstanding (ho cold, I m-et weather experienced in tho Auck- '" lanil district, bees have wintered well. J;The weather continues cold and sliowi:: ery, and is delaying the spring. Mar- . ■'.■:■ ket prices remain, unaltered. • ■" Wellington.—The indications are for ■. -;'» good crop of honey during tho coming :; : season, as tho rainfall has considerably \'exceeded that for the'same period of •last year. The spring is nl6o earlier -.' th'an usual in many parts, indicated in '."r Wairarapa by wattlo blooming five weeks .' 'earlier than, previoua yeais. A'o doubt, 'rough weather will still be experienced, nnd one is always in doubt us to the ■future, bnt the prospects are so far very ■ favourable. r Christclmrch.—The weather for tho ':■■;.■■;/'month has been changeable; lrat, durf;ing the fine days bees have been work- ' " : ing the wattles, giinis, diindelhns, and of the.early Woominsr native llora. '■■■■■ ';-also early fruit bloom. Clover is begin- „ ;;'ning to show up a little. Nice patches '■'•"■of brood ara-to be found-in the etroiig "-colonies. Prices for- the local trade art> "nnaltered. Dunedin.—Th«T6 is littlo fresh to reT port. Generally epeaiing, the liees • ; imve wintered well. Bulk honey is "'..■■■,■* quoted at 5Jd. to'6d.; 21b. tins, ]ss. doz. is scarce, and is quoted at Is. • ;.;7d. per lb. . v .'.'■;"• The shortage of sheet steel still con-. ;tinues, and amongst other mannfactur- ;';' ors A. J. Parton, of Carterton; is fcel."'ing, the pinch. He advises that owing to the shortage, orders for the famous Victor cheese rats can only be executed :':. in Totatioh. Factory managers are r,d- '■'■■." to.place orders now. , ' A. J. T'ar- ,: ton. Sheet Metal and Plumbing Works, i,. Pembroke Street, Cart.erton.—Advt. •