BEEKEEPERS’ ASSOCIATION.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3168, 14 March 1911, Page 2

BEEKEEPERS’ ASSOCIATION.

ANNUAL meeting. The annual meeting of the Poverty Bay Beekeepers' Association was held m Towiffey- s Hall on Saturday afternoon. Tiie August report supplied by the Agricultural Department to the Association, in regard to the condition of tiie apiaries in the district, as regards foul brood, was placed before the meeting, and Hie following resolution, was passed: "That the secretary take immediate steps, per tiie press of the Dominion, to place before tiie beekeepers reliable data as regards this district re foul brood, hives, etc.” Mr E. Matthews was elected president, Mr B. LwScott vice-president, and All* J . B. Adams secretary (re-elected). A vote of thanks was given to the retiring officers, and members expressed satisfaction as to the condition of the -Association financially. The following letter was read from the director of the Department of Agriculture : —“ln reply to your letter of the 22nd ult., the following is a copy of the apiary, instructor’s (Air Jacobsen) report on the condition of beehives, etc., in the Poverty Bay district, during his recent visit of inspection : ‘I arrived in Poverty Bay in the middle of February, and proceeded to inspect the district, which is a very fair one for bee-keep-ing. The season lias been very dry, but notwithstanding this fact fair crops have ben obtained. The beekeepers gave me a good welcome, and one and all were anxious to have their district thoroughly inspected, the result being as follows: Taking everything into consideration, the majority of the hives are in good condition. In the town of Gisborne I discovered but few cases of disease, and under the instructions given these cases are going to be wiped out. The country surrounding Gisborne, however, is not entirely free from foul brood, and in one case the whole apiary was ordered to be destroyed. Other apiaries were infected more or less throughout, but with judicious treatment the disease will in time be entirely under control. Box hives are not nearly so numerous now as formerly, and these , discovered are to be destroyed in a given time. I am confident that in a reasonable time the Poverty Bay district will be practically free from foul brood, and honey produced’ will be relieved from a. very precarious position. I wish to take this opportunity to thank the beekeepers of the district for their assistance to me. and hope that my visit will be beneficial to them in the future.’ ”