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the wild orange lasts much longer than from the cultivated, the 

 reason being due to the difference in altitude at which they are 

 found. Those in the low lands blossom first while those in the high 

 lands blossom later on, giving the bees a longer working period. 



Guamd.— The number of blossomings of this tree depends on 

 the rainfall. In the coffee sections the guamd is by all means 

 our best honey plant, in fact, it seems to be the best on the island. 

 It also produces pollen. Bees gather only pollen from some plants 

 as the honey is not within their reach, while in other plants it is 

 just the reverse, but the guama furnishes both nectar and pollen. 

 As these trees are numerous and flowers plentiful we can consider 

 it a most valuable honey tree. Tne flow is not very long, but 

 there are generally two or three a. id sometimes even more 

 blossomings during the year. In the coffee districts where the 

 country is mountainous it has been observed that the guama blos- 

 soms in the low lands first and later on in the mountains, making 

 a longer period for the bees to work. The honey is like that of 

 the coffee and orange in color and is considered by many to be 

 very excellent. 



Royal palm; Cocoanut palm. — The bees are very fond of 

 working the blossoms of these plants. Just as soon as the blossom 

 sheath begins to open the bees are ready to start work. So many 

 bees work on the blossom that the buzz resembles the noise made 

 in swarming. The royal palm, no doubt, gives a great deal of 

 honey, but nothing like the amount obtained from the guama, 

 orange, or coffee. I have failed to note that there is ever any 

 general bloom of this tree. The cocoanut furnishes some honey 

 but not as much per tree as the royal palm. The bees, however, 

 seem very ready to work the blossoms. 



Mbca. — This tree is used as coffee shade. It is an excellent 

 honey plant; it produces great clusters of flowers and blossoms 

 over a very long period. It generally blooms during June and 

 July, but I have noted that the time of blossoming varies a little- 

 in different sections. 



Jobo. — One of the trees which -must not be left out of this 

 list is the jobo. In 1910 it flowered twice although the writer 

 does not know whether this is usual. The flowers are borne in 

 clusters of some three or four hundred flowers each. Three va- 

 rieties of this tree have been observed; two of them, the jobo 

 amarillo and ciruela del pais, are worked by the bees. The former 

 seems to be the better one. The most peculiar thing in regard to 

 this tree is that the bees only work the flowers early in the morn- 

 ing. By nine or ten o'clock the bees are through with the blos- 

 soms and are working some other plant, but while they are work- 

 ing these flowers they are very greedy. This plant, I beheve, 

 also furnishes a great deal of pollen. 



Palo bianco. -This plant is a small shrub and it seems to be 

 of some value as a honey plant. The flowers are borne in clusters 

 at the point where the petiole of the leaves joins the Stem, about 

 forty small blossoms to a cluster. The bloom for 1910 was in 

 April. This plant is very abundant in the pastures around Ma- 



