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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



Algoroba-trees growing on the lowlands near the sea, on the lee shore of the Island of Oahu. 



one of the fine points of judgment in the 

 ordinary apiary manipulations. 



Here is another thing I have found out : 

 The strain of bees themselves is at least 

 half the battle with European foul brood, 

 for quite frequently a good Italian stock 

 will clean it up of their own accord. I 

 much prefer the leather-colored Italians, 

 for I have noticed that the yellowest bees 



are often most subject to disease. This 

 crowding of brood, forcing the bees to 

 feed and care for the larvae more lavishly, 

 is, of course, given only as treatment for 

 European foul brood. I know of nothing 

 but starvation, shaking, and destruction of 

 comb=; for the treatment of American foul 

 brood, altho for me it has very few terrors. 

 Overton, Nev. [See editorial.] 



HONEY-PLANTS ON THE ISLAND OF OAHU, AS SEEN BY A MALIHINI 



BY LESLIE BUKR 



There is but one honey-piant on th'^ 

 island of Oahu — that is, but one worthy of 

 the name. There are numerous plants that 

 yield honey. Some of them yield profusely, 

 but they do not count in the crop. When 

 the royal palm is in bloom it is alive with 

 bees ; but the royal palm blossolns only once 

 or twice during the year, and each tree has 

 its own individual time for blooming. Be- 

 sides, it is planted only as an ornament, and 

 is found only where planted, and that is 

 principally in the city of Honolulu. That 

 lantana gi'ows eveiyAvhere — that is, when 

 given an opportunity. It yields ggme nectar. 



Then there are coeoanuts, dates, and other 

 Dalms that yield some honey whenever thev 

 happen to be in bloom. Sugar-cane, when 

 attacked by the cane-borers, secretes juice 

 very copiously, and the bees step in and 

 keep it from going to waste. Millions of 

 dollars have been lost to the cane-planters 

 of the islands by reason of the cane-borer, 

 and the beekeeper seems to have been the 

 only person to profit. This cane-juice hon- 

 ey is not an article that can be placed on 

 the market for home consumption — not even 

 if it is sought for by the bakers. In the past, 

 prior to the war in Europe, it went to Ger- 



