THE HONEY CROP

New Zealand Times, Volume XLV, Issue 10432, 10 November 1919, Page 8

THE HONEY CROP

PROSPECTS OF GOOD SEASON. The director of tie horticulture division of the Department of Agriculture has received from the apiary instrue. tors tho following reports concerning the honey crop prospects:— Auckland.—The prospeota for tho pra. sent season seem particularly brigiit. Good weather has been experienced <tfir- ', lug the month, enabling the bee* to build up well. A few small lines «f section honey on the local market iav» realised 8s per tfozen. This prica i» likely to be maintained. Beeswax '« scarce. IS Sd pei lb being offered. Wellington.—There ig nothing fresh to report this month, as indications still aP» pear favourable for the secretion oi nectar in good quantities. Humid coi>. ditions . with occasional showers, would assist honey production materially. Jfa lines are at present coming forward to tho grading stores. Beeswax is selling at 2s 3d per lb for clean Unto. Christchurch and Dunedin.—The prospects of a good season are excellent is most districts. Bees are building well, and have come through the winter iu a satisfactory condition. Good weather has enabled tho bees to work the fruit blooms and early flowering nectar plants. In both districts there ha* been a 6teady flow, and a (rood season seem* assured. A few small consignment* 6till come forward for export, ani prices are excellent. Beeswax is scarce, and is quoted at 2s per lb.