. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. Aug. 24, 191G.] THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. 267 cepted for export; but it must Be under- stood that nearly all New Zealand honey raised by commercial beekeepers is of a greater density. For instance, in 1915, 51 samples, gathered from all parts of the Dominion, were analysed for their water content, which averaged for the whole 51, per cent.; so that British consumers of New Zealand honey can rely upon getting a good article. When our food laws came into force, some three years ago, I found the maxi- mum limit of moisture allowable in h
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. Aug. 24, 191G.] THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. 267 cepted for export; but it must Be under- stood that nearly all New Zealand honey raised by commercial beekeepers is of a greater density. For instance, in 1915, 51 samples, gathered from all parts of the Dominion, were analysed for their water content, which averaged for the whole 51, per cent.; so that British consumers of New Zealand honey can rely upon getting a good article. When our food laws came into force, some three years ago, I found the maxi- mum limit of moisture allowable in honey was 26 per cent.—in Australia it is 26 per cent., and in America 25 per cent. As these figures seemed to me ridiculous, I asked for a reduction to 20 per cent. ; this brought about the 51 analytical tests, with the result of the adoption of the lower —I. Hopkins, Auckland, New Queries reaching this office not later than FIRST POST on MONDAY MORNING will, if possible, be answered in the " Journal" the fol- lowing Thursday. Those arriving later will be held over until the jallowing week. Only SPECIALLY URGENT queries will be replied to by post if a STAMPED addressed envelope is enclosed. All queries must be accompanied by the name and address of the sender, not necessarily for publica- tion, but as a guarantee of good faith. Corre- spondents are requested to write on one side of the paper only A BEGINNER'S QUERIES. [9050] Will you kindly permit me to seek, through your columns, information on a few points in the art and mystery of bee-craft. I may say that up to a few weeks ago I have had no thought for bee- keeping at all, but I was then favoured by a visit into my garden of quite a large swarm of bees, and in the emergency I was driven to makeshift expediencies. I borrowed a skep from a kindly neighbour, also a hive, and with a window curtain for a veil, a pair of gloves, and a rather pal- pitating heart I went forth to the cap- ture. To my
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