CONTENTS 



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Introduction 43 



Publications on Hawaiian bee keeping 4:; 



Bee-keepers' association 44 



Methods of management 44 



" Bee rights" 45 



Extent of the industry 45 



Sources of honey : 47 



Floral honey 47 



Other sources of honey 49 



Insect honeydew 49 



Extra-floral plant honeydew 53 



Introduction of honey plants 54 



Wax production 54 



Disease survey 56 



ILLUSTRATIONS. 



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Plate V. Map of the Hawaiian Islands 43 



VI. Blends of algarroba honey and honeydew from the Hawaiian 



Agricultural Experiment Station 44 



VII. Fig. 1. — A typical Hawaiian apiary, the hives on stands to pre- 

 vent ant attacks 46 



Fig. 2. — An apiary in a coffee plantation 46 



VIII. Fig. 1. — Part of an algarroba forest 48 



Fig. 2. — A Ian tana j ungle 4y 



IX. Fig. 1. — An apiary near a sugar-cane field 50 



Fig. 2. — Molasses trough for feeding cattle 50 



X. Fig. 1. — Hau hedge 54 



Fig. 2. — A hive set up in cans to keep out ants 54 



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