U. S. D. A., B. E. Bui. 75, Part V. A , January 19, 1009. 



MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS ON APICULTURE. 



A BRIEF SURVEY OF HAWAIIAN BEE KEEPING. 



By E. F. Phillips, Ph. D., 



/// charge of Apiculture. 



INTRODUCTION. 



Bee keeping on the Hawaiian Islands is one of the minor industries 

 which is being conducted with profit. As in all other places, this 

 business can never, from its very nature, become a leading industry, 

 but there is reason to believe that there is yet room for considerable 

 expansion. The modified methods made necessary by a tropical 

 climate and other conditions of a local character present some new 

 phases of the keeping of bees, and in view of the fact that these modi- 

 fications will be of interest to bee keepers on the mainland, as well as 

 to those in Hawaii, it seems desirable to put on record a brief account 

 of what the author was able to observe personally and to learn from 

 others in the four weeks spent on the islands in making an apicul- 

 tural survey. 



The author would express his thanks to the bee keepers of the 

 islands for the cordial way in which they anticipated his every desire 

 in planning the trips of investigation. He would also mention the 

 particular assistance of Mr. D. L. Van Dine, entomologist of the 

 Hawaii Agricultural Experiment Station, who accompanied him 

 on all his trips, and from whom much of the information in this 

 paper was gathered. 



PUBLICATIONS ON HAWAIIAN BEE KEEPING. 



Different phases of Hawaiian bee keeping are discussed in other 

 publications, a list of which is appended.* 1 The bee keepers of the 



a Reports of the Royal Hawaiian Agricultural Society (1S51-1S56). 



A Brief History of the Hawaiian People, by W. D. Alexander, 1S99, p. 286. 



Report of the Entomologist, by D. L. Van Dine, in Report on Agricultural 

 Investigations in Hawaii, 1905, by Jared G. Smith. Bulletin 170. Office of 

 Experiment Stations, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, 190G. 



Report of tbe Entomologist, by D. L. Van Dine, in the Annual Beporl of the 

 Hawaii Agricultural Experiment Station for 1907, 1908. 



Introduction of Honey-Producing Plants, by D. L. Van Dine: Hawaiian 

 Forester and Agriculturist, Vol. V, pp. 9-13. 



Hawaiian Honeys, by D. L. Van Dine and Alice R. Thompson. Bulletin 17. 

 Hawaii Agricultural Experiment Station, 1908. 



Chemical Analysis and Composition of American Honeys, by C. A. Browne, 

 including a Microscopical study of Honey Pollen, by \v. .1. Young. Bulletin 

 Ts T o. no. Bureau of Chemistry, U. s. Dept. <>t* Agriculture. 1908. 



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