THE HONEY CROP

New Zealand Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 10559, 9 April 1920, Page 2

THE HONEY CROP

WELLINGTON UP TO AIVERAGE. The Director of the Horticultural Division has received from the apiaryinstructors the following reports concerning the honey crop prospects: — Auckland (G. V. Westbrooke).~ ( There is little to report since last’ month. Crops are light on the whole, and .the. hoiiey somewhat darker than usual. Prices remain unchanged, hulk honey from 7d to Bd, and wax 2s 8d per )h. - ' Wellington (F. A. Jacobsen).—Extracting operations fire Holy almost completed and granulated - lines are arriving at the variolas grading stores, Generally, the crop is up to. the average, and the quality is equal to any previous . crop of high standard. New Zealand honey. My last month’s report indicated the districts of supply. Beeswax 2s to 2s 6d per lb; according to the quality. Sections scarce, Christchurch and Dunedin (E .A. Ewp),—The season is practically finished. Extracting is in progress in most districts, and beekeepers axe busy putting bees into winter quarters. A few consignments of honey have coine. forward for export. Prices are film. Bulk honey is quoted at Bd, sections 10s to }2s, pat honey, hone ] forward. . i