HONEY - CROP PROSPECTS.
The Director of the Orchards, Gardens, and Apiaries Division has received the following reports on the honey-crop prospects from the Apiary Instructors : - Auckland. prospects decidedly good both in quantity and quality.— (r.. V. Westbrooke. Wellington.—As anticipated, the recent weather has been exceptionally good for honey-gathering, and has resulted in an average crop being secured. The majority of the honey is, as formerly, of an excellent quality.— F. A. Jacobsen. ■ Christchurch. Beekeepers generally have been very busy extracting honey of choice quality during the last two. weeks. The hot weather has burnt up clover-bloom, especially on light lands, and indications point to a falling-off of .nectar.— Bowman. Dunedin. —Weather-conditions are at present against a large honey crop. Extracting is in progress ; and the returns show a steady increase over last season. Given fine weather there is yet time to secure good returns, as there is an abundance of clover. Honey sent forward, is realizing good prices.— E. A. Earp. ■
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New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume VI, Issue 2, 15 February 1913, Page 251
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161HONEY – CROP PROSPECTS. New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume VI, Issue 2, 15 February 1913, Page 251
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