a total of about 70,000 stocks of bees. The returns received 
showed that the average yield in 1925 was about 361 lbs. per 
stock from which honey was taken during the year, giving an 
estimated total production of honey of 2,200,000 Ibs. 
The year 1925 was a good year for honey production. From 
the report of the Cornwall Bee Keepers’ Association it appears 
that the average yield of honey in 1925 in that county was over 
38 Ibs. per stock, as compared with about 18 Ibs. in 1924. The 
average wholesale price of extracted honey in 1925 was about 
£6 10s. per cwt., giving a total value of about £130,000 for the 
honey production of the country. Retail prices averaged about 
2s. per lb., however, and a considerable proportion of the honey 
produced is sold direct by producers to consumers, while sections 
of comb honey averaged 2s. 6d. each retail and 20s. per dozen 
wholesale. The aggregate value of the honey produced in 1925 
may, therefore, be put at something in excess of £130,000, and 
probably £180,000 may be a fairer estimate.