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s,.n,.s,f v.u,.,a,„l s. ,.v,.„ ,..|,.n,.n,.ea l.ee-k.epe.. a.-,- ten,pte,l to asM me hat th 



„,,.„„e;„f ,.,„v,.. „, u.ti.v sl,„nl,l ,n,l„.a,c a ,o,„l l,o„ey reg,.,,. 1 Ins does not 



' , ' nl f,ll ,lr,,iin-lits oi- .'ool summer uveniiiga may 



1 ssanlv lolloH, t,ir l,Mlh .snmin.-i' aii.l l.ill .ll>iU,L,lil- « - ,,,.,,;,,n 



,.,,.,.,1 ,|,:s..,vn f n..,.ta,.: v.-t U,.,v may l.e a good honey-. ,w,n such a region 



f,.,„„ a v..,.v d,ma.ent so.,,... Th. so,,,.,,..,,, e„,l of Vanoouve,- Isla,,.. would appear t., 

 ,,.. a g.,o.l example. < 'love,, is ple„t,f»l i„ ,na„y p.>,.t...ns, Imt .s spa,.,ngly -s.t^l ,y 

 t|„ Ces Some v..a,.s tl,.. s„„«l,e,.,.y lu,sh is ge„e,.ally ,....ve,.ed .vitl. I,l..sso,ns at the 

 t.me clove,, i. i„ l,l....,n. a„.l a g.,o.l s.,pply of very .lelicmus l..-,„ey is sec,,,.e.l 1 here- 



f,„.,. „uv o, „,e„,,,lat„,g a„ exle„s,vc „,vestme„t i„ l,ec-c„lt„,.e .sh.ml.l ,.,t vctnre 



„„ a vc,\- la,..e s..al.. ....til he k,...«-s fuv a ,.e..ta,„ty the actual sou,.ee of the h,,ney-flow 



an.l how cxtems,^ely it is to he ro....,l w.thi., a ...ulius of a ,„ile au.l a halt of the apiary. 



Whit,.; (',.ovi.:k tui.; Ciiii.:f Sot-iu'E of Xe,.:t.vk. 



I„ cve,-y report that has ,.eache<l the l)epart„,e„t white elo^.er is given the credit 

 as the ma„rsour,.e ot s.uplus l.ouev. (.)ne f,.om the south eu.l of Van,.ouver Islan.l also 

 includes snowl.crv. F„.ew..e,l ov M.llowd.c.l, {Epi/ohium aiui„.l,Johu,„) is reiiorted 

 fi-om New Westminster and Rosslan.l ; at the latter place it is s.ud to always y,el.l well. 

 The fruit-blooms of the Okanagan Valley, as will he Been later on, are ..redited with 

 yielding go,.d retu,.„s. Sununclan.l re].o,.ts s=,ge an.l Vc,.no„ alfalfa as honey s<,urces. 

 C,-anbrook is fav.,u,.ed with el..ve,., alfalfa, «,.eweed, a,id sweet clover. In West 

 IContenay geuei-ally clover is the ..nly s.uo'ce ,. redited, hut ,,ne regu.n includes raspberry. 

 In Vale District alfalfa and wihl mustar.l add to the honey-crop. 

 I'oRv, IX wHi(.n TH1-; Croi' is rRoiu'i'KD. 



As the nights in Ihitish Columhia a,.e c.)..l even in summer, it is not a favouralile 

 region for the pr.-.duction of secti.i.i h..,,ey— that is, honey in the c.5mlj— and all the 

 reports conhrm this. A ...impaiisoi, of the selling price of the two forms in the grocery 

 stores shows also that e.Ktracted l,o,,cy is the more p,.ofitahle to produce. 



(Jl'.^NTITV OF HoXKY OUT FKO.M K.-VI/H HlVE. 



It is not al.)ne the cliarai/te,. of the ,.egio,, that i,,tiue,ices the size of the ero|i ; the 

 skill of the l,ee-keeper plays no uni,,,po,'tant i,a,.t. It is a truism in bee-keeping that 

 a,,v 0,1.. can get a good harxest i,, a good year, but it re.piires skill to get a fair crop in 

 a poi^r season. Notwithstanding all this, there is surprising agreement when one groups 

 the data from the different regions. On striking an average from all reports from each 

 locality, the Okanagan Valley is first with an average maximum of 105 sections a hive, 

 a,,il an average mininuim of .38. The highest return is 150, the lowest 24 sections. 

 When run for ext|.acte.l honey, the avef.age maximum is 141 pounds ; the average 

 minimum, ~yl poui,ils. (4,.eatcst yiel.l for a hive, 201) pounds ; smallest, 30 pounds. 

 ^^erll0ll and Sunimerland show the best hgiires. 



Around New Westminster the average yield in section hone}' is given as 42; the 

 highest quoted is (iO ; the lowest is 20. In the extracted form the average maximum is 

 82 pounds ; highest, 20( i pounds ; lowest, 12 pounds. The average minimum is 28 pounds. 

 In several inBtances attention is drawn to the fact that the character of the ground in 

 the immediate vicinity is vcy ii,ipo,.ta„t, as bottom lands that are sometimes under 

 water usually give the best yields. The ,.egion abi.ve the Delta would appear more 

 favourable. Ihiilding i,p in the spi.i,,g is .slow, on aec.iunt cf cool weather. One 

 rancher in Chilliwack who I, as kept bees fo,. fourteen years says : " We keep bees now 

 only to make certain the p..llinatio,, of the fruit. Do not advise any one to try to make 

 a living in this region from bees, as they rarely do more than get sufficient stores to 

 winter on, and often not that much. Our nights are too cool for the secretion of 

 nectar.'' 



