GOOD HONEY STOCKS IN SOUTHLAND
WEATHER NOW TOO COLD FOR BEES TO WORK Stocks of honey in Southland are being drawn on by Dunedin merchants because of the shortage that exists in the north. Reports from Dunedin indicate that reserve stocks there are small and that a shortage already existing might become Serious at the end of the year. One Invercargill merchant recently sent away 32 601 b tins of honey to the Dunedin market. The president of the Master - Grocers’ Association in Invercargill (Mr - G, H. Westerby) said yesterday that the size of the honey crop in the coming season was unpredictable, although if the present spell of cold weather’ continued there would be a shortage. At this time the bees should be extracting nectar from wild flowers which went to make up the dark ox - second grade honey. The cold weather, however, was militating against this and some beekeepers were being forced to buy sugar to feed their bees.
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Southland Times, Issue 24593, 15 November 1941, Page 6
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161GOOD HONEY STOCKS IN SOUTHLAND Southland Times, Issue 24593, 15 November 1941, Page 6
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