APIARY NOTES

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 164, 16 July 1935, Page 11

APIARY NOTES

FOR MONTH OF JULY (By D. S. Robinson, Apiary Instructor, Department of Agriculture, Palmerston North.) If the bees were left with plenty of stores when closed down for th« winter it is unnecessary to touch them, but as a safeguard, just give tnc backs of the hives a lift to test the weight If at all light, they should be fed with sugar syrup made in the proportion of 1 one of sugar to two of water. To faciliate the melting of the sugar, make the water hot, pour it on to the sugar and stir well. Feeding should be done at sundown, and the entrances of the hives closed to the smallest aperture, to prevent the bees from being robbed by other bees. This month, one should think of placing orders for supplies of beesware tor the coining season. Much honey is often lost by beekeepers waiting until they actually want the appliances, and often bv the time thov get them, the honey flow is over and the outlay is to I no purpose for that season. As a rule bees swarm on 'e, unless I pi evented, so that it is advisable to I have the hives ready for them. I Repair all spare supers, and hive parts; a coat of paint will lengthen the life of roofs, supers, etc. considerably. I Generally speaking, July is the best I month to move bees, as there are the I smallest numbers of the bees in the j hives and little if any young brood is present. Beekeepers and those intending purchasing bees are advised that under | the Ap : nries Act, it is necessary, be--1 fore moving bees a distance more than ten chains, to first obtain a wiittcn I permission from the nearest apiary instructor of the Department of Agriculture. also that on no account may ' bees or appliances be sold or offered j for sale from apiaries in which disease exists. 'l’he Apiniies Act of 1927 provides severe penalties for personi i committ’ng breaches of this portinn n i ihc Act. This Moii'.h’s Honey Recipes. I.emon Uiincy ’ up Cakes: Half cup butter, half vup sugar, grated rind of one lemon, l j teaspoons baking powder, ] teaspoon salt, I cup honev I egg. I 2 cups flour, IJ teaspoons cinnamon and hail' cup milk, ('ream better and sugar till light, add honey and bent. Beat eggs and add to first mixtuie, stirring well. Add grated lemon rindSift dry ingredients three times and I add alternatively with the milk to th® first mixture. Pour into well-greased gem tins, filling two thirds full, and bake in moderate oven (350 F. for 20 minutes. Makes .12 to 16 cakes. Milk and Honey: Raw egga mixed with milk, sweetened with sugar and flavoured with orange juice have long been used for delicate stomacLs. Substitute honey for the sugar and the combination becomes perfect.