REGISTRATION OF APIARIES.

New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume XV, Issue 3, 20 September 1917, Page 177

REGISTRATION OF APIARIES.

All beekeepers who have not already done so should realize that it is incumbent upon them to promptly register their apiaries, as prescribed by the recently gazetted regulations, which have been notified in the public Press, and were published on page 51 of the -July journal. ■ Under the regulations “ beekeeper ” means any person who keeps bees or allows the same to be kept on any land occupied by him, or who has in his possession or allows to be kept on any land, occupied by him any appliances that have been used in connection with apiculture. Likewise, ''apiary ” means any place'where bees are kept. ■ Although the time prescribed to which registrations would be. received expired on 15th August, the Department, in view of the fact that a complete record of all beekeepers is urgently required, will before taking action allow a reasonable extension of time for voluntary applications . for registration' to be made. Should, however, the Apiary Instructors of the Department in the course' of their duty locate an apiary for the registration of which no definite steps have been taken, proceedings under the regulations will in all probability be instituted against , the owner. '

Forms of application are obtainable from the District Agents of the Department at Auckland, Napier, Wanganui, Christchurch, Dunedin, and Invercargill ; or from the Director of the Horticulture Division, Wellington ; or from any of the larger post-offices throughout the Dominion.