PuOtEEDIxN'GS, I9JI. 129 



The list is not by any means to be regarded as complete, but is sub- 

 mitted as a nucleus to be revised or added to according to the experience 

 of apiarists working under British Columbia conditions. 



It is quite likely that some species will be of value to apiarists at the 

 Coast, though the same species may be unimportant in the Interior, and vice 

 versa. 



I have referred chiefly to native plants ; the value of fruit-trees, clover, 

 alfalfa, and other introduced plants is well enough known, and the abundance 

 of these depends on the number of farms and orchards in the district. 



The main point of economic importance is that this Province uses more 

 honey than it produces ; whereas, with the assistance of our native bee- 

 flowers, we should be able to produce more than we use and have a surplus 

 to export. If the study of our native flowers can assist the apiarists to 

 attain this end, the Department of Botany of the University is ready to 

 co-operate by assisting in the identification of likely bee-plants, so that our 

 present information may be verified or added to, and the results made 

 known to apiarists in other parts of the Province, and thus contriljute to the 

 future prosperity of British Columbia. 



(This address was illustrated by Iierbarium specimens of the plants 

 mentioned.) 



