REMITS PASSED BY BEEKEEPERS.

Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 143, 18 June 1931, Page 6

REMITS PASSED BY BEEKEEPERS .

METHODS OF IMPROVING THE INDUSTRY AIRED, j A number of remits were discussed this morning at the annual conference of the National Beekeepers* Association of New Zealand. Mr R. Gibb presided. Mr W. J. C. Ashcroft (Hawke's Bay) moved that funds to maintain part-time inspectors should be raised by the imposition of a tax on each apiary. He said that the remit was self-explanatory. A tax per hive would be too severe for the bigger apiaries. Mr A. R. Bates said that the remit was wasting the time of the conference. Ho suggested that the part-time inspectors should continue the work in an honorary capacity. He himself had continued the inspection work in this way. The remit was withdrawn. Mr P. A. Hillary (Auckland) moved a recommendation, that extracts from the Apiaries Act should be printed for the information of apiarists on the back of registration papers. The remit was carried. Mr W. J. C. Ashcroft moved that conditions for the display of honey at various shows, such as the size and type of containers, should be standardised. The matter was left to the executive. A remit concerning compulsory grading of honey for the local market was defeated. The Feilding branch gave notice of motion for the next annual conference: That as there are quite a number of young people under eighteen years of age taking an interest in beekeeping, they be admitted as junior members-of the association at a fee of 2s 6d. It was decided to hold the next annual conference in Wellington. Marketing Board. The following committee was set up to draft suggested regulations for the proposed Honey Bocal-Marketing Board: Messrs P. A. Hillary (Auckland), J. Rentoul (Auckland). A. R. Bates (Taranaki), R. Clark (Auckland) and W. Nelson (South Auckland). The committee was empowered to arrange for a deputation to the Minister, if required, and to circularise producers, giving a statement of the suggestions put forward at the conference. Officers Elected. The following officers were elected for the year:—President, Mr P. A. Hillary; , vice-president. Ilf C. A. Pope; executive, . Messrs W. Nelson, A. H. Davies (North Island), G. L. Hight and W. Watson (South Island). Tho results of honey competitions ] conducted by the association were announced as follows:—White honey, liquid, E. D. Best (Rotorua) 1. Mrs T. Pearson (Tai Tapu) 2; granulated. Mrs . T. Pearson. 1. Messrs Partridge and , North 2. The Hopkins Memorial essay was won I by Mr W. J. C. Ashcroft (Hawke’s Bay) with a paper on “ How to Get Colonies • to the Greatest Strength Before the Honey Flow.”