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extent  for  lawns  in  Southern  California.  Several  hundred  seed- 
lings of  the  logwood  have  been  started  from  seed  collected  on  the 
grounds  of  Oahu  College.  The  Texas  mesquite  was  introduced 
-several  years  ago  from  Texas  by  Mr.  C.  C.  Conradt  of  Pukoo, 
Molokai.  Seed  of  the  California  sages  ( Artemisia ) were  also 
introduced  during  the  year  and  have  already  been  widely  dis- 
tributed to  interested  persons. 
Respectfully  submitted, 
D.  L.  Van  Dine, 
Secretary. 
ANNUAL  ADDRESS  OF  THE  PRESIDENT  OF  THE  HAWAIIAN 
BEEKEEPERS’  ASSOCIATION. 
By  Albert  F.  Judd. 
Gentlemen : I am  going  to  spare  you  the  ordeal  of  listening  to 
a lengthy  written  address.  I may  say,  however,  that  the  Asso- 
ciation has  had  a very  successful  year — which  has  meant,  to  be 
sure,  considerable  work  on  the  part  of  the  officers,  especially  on 
that  of  our  energetic  secretary,  Mr.  Van  Dine.  Some  things 
have  been  accomplished,  and  these  I will  touch  on  briefly.  As 
you  have  already  heard,  we  took  up  during  the  first  part  of  the 
year  the  question  of  introducing  bee-plants  from  California.  Mr. 
Van  Din#  having  submitted  to  us,  as  a result  of  his  visit  to  the 
mainland,  a list  of  available  California  bee-plants.  It  is  too  early, 
perhaps,  to  say  that  any  results  have  been  attained  from  this 
work.  The  Association  has  declared  itself  in  favor  of  the  policy 
of  introducing,  or  favoring  the  introduction,  of  only  such  plants 
as  have  a dual  value ; that  is,  plants  that  are  nectar-bearing  and 
at  the  same  time  useful  also  as  fodder  plants  or  forest  trees.  The 
adoption  of  this  policy  has  meant  deciding  against  some  plants 
that  might  have  been  introduced,  as  for  instance  the  horehound, 
which  is  a very  good  bee-plant  but  one  also'  likely  to  spread  over 
pasture  land  and  cause  inconvenience  on  the  ranches.  The  dif- 
ficulty of  getting  wholly  desirable  plants  led  us  to  look  around  to 
see  what  we  already  had  here  in  the  way  of  bee-plants.  Many 
suggestions  were  made,  and  a great  many  of  us  believe  that  we 
"have  now  in  Hawaii  a sufficient  number  of  nectar-bearing  plants 
to  supply  the  necessary  bee-pasturage  for  our  bees.  One  criti- 
cism made  of  our  honeys  is  that  they  do  not  possess  the  distinctive 
flavor  that  other  floral  honeys  have.  Buyers  claim  that  our  alga- 
roba  honey  has  no  decided  aroma.  This  is  so  to  a degree,  but 
as  far  as  it  concerns  bee-pasturage,  I think  that  any  one  who 
has  an  apiary  can  increase  the  bee-pasturage  around  it  by  plant- 
