244 MONEY IN BEES IN AUSTRALASIA 



QUEENSLAND. 



The north eastern State has "Yellow" box {E. 

 melliodora) ; "G-rey" gum (E. saligna) ; "Coolibah" {E. 

 microtheca) ; "Narrow-leaved" Ironbark {E. crebra) ; 

 "White" gum (E. haemastoma) ; "White" Stringybark 

 (E. acmenioides) ; "Grey leaved" Ironbark (E. melano- 

 phloia) ; "Broad-leaved" Ironbark (E. siderophloia) ; 

 "Blue" or "Flooded" gum {E. tereticornis) ; "Spotted" 

 gum (E. maculata) ; "Bloodwood" {E. corymbosa) ; 

 "Blackbutt" {E. pilularis) ; "Swamp Mahogany" gum 

 (E. robusta) ; and last but not least "Prickly Pear" 

 {Opuntia monacantha) . 



TASMANIA. 



The eucalypts of Tasmania are not remarkable for 

 producing large crops of honey. The trees of the Island 

 State make fine mill logs, but from the remarks made 

 elsewhere it will be seen that when the energies of a tree 

 are going into wood the honey-crop suffers. ' ' Blue ' ' gum 

 {E. globulus); "White" gum {E. viminalis) ; "Stringy- 

 bark {E. obliqua) ; "Swamp" gum {E. regnans) ; and the 

 "Yellow" gum (E. Gunnii) ; are the chief representatives 

 of the order in Tasmania. The honey crop is from Clover 

 {Trifolium) and in this respect is comparable with New 

 Zealand and England. In fact the Tasmanian climate is 

 not unlike that of South England. 



NORTHERN TERRITORY. 



The trees of the great arid expanses inland yield 

 nectar in abundance. Ex Mounted-Constable Wiltshire — 

 who has, to use his own expression "cobwebbed" the vast 

 interior — states that the Eucalypts contain numerous 

 wild bees' nests three and four in one tree; in fact he 

 believes money could be made by a party fitted out 

 specially to gather the prolific harvests of honey and wax. 

 The native tribes ' name for a wild hive is ' ' white pf ellas 

 sugar bag." The most common Eucalypt is the 

 "lUumbra" of the blacks, botanically termed Eucalyptus 



