Part III.] Beeson : Beehole Borer of Teak. 
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of the timber extracted is entirely free from bee-holes ; of the remaining 
90 per cent, about 22-| per cent, has an occasional beehole which does not 
depreciate the value of the timber in any way ; about another 22 £ per¬ 
cent. is bee-holed to an extent to cause the timber to fall into the II class 
(say 4-12 holes per square) and the balance of 45 per cent, is seriously 
damaged.” In 1919 Mr. Nuding, Manager, Messrs. Foucar & Co., notes 
that “ the borer seems to be fairly evenly distributed over the whole of 
Okkan Reserve, but apparently is not so bad as in some forests, such 
as the Kalon and Moda areas, Katha district. The beehole, in nearly 
all cases noticed, is in the top log cut from the tree and in the top end 
of that log. The percentage of bee-holey logs in one area was estimated 
at 35 per cent. The area is all dry forest more or less open and it has 
not been fire-traced for a number of years. In another area, Compart. 
No. 20 [Hlaing Yoma Forest] which is a fairly wet one the beeholes 
found were comparatively few, whilst in Compart. 21, which is again 
dry forest, about 25 per cent, of the logs have bee-holes in them, but in 
this Compartment a number of bee-holes were found in the bottom 
logs, as well as in the top ones. Both Compartments 20 and 21 were 
fire-traced until about 5 years ago, but since then these compartments 
have been burnt over each year.” 
Okkan Reserve occupies low and generally not steep hills at the 
southern end of the Pegu Yomas and is the southernmost of the large 
teak reserves in Burma ; the rainfall is high, probably about 100 inches 
per annum. 
20. Pegu. 
Timber from all parts of the South Zamayi Reserve is reported by 
lessees to be badly beeholed (F. C., 1913). The Report on Forest Ad¬ 
ministration for 1910-11 states p. 8, para. 29, that “some damage was done 
in one of the teak plantations in the South Zamayi Reserve. This is 
not serious at present and is confined to dominated or suppressed trees 
which would be removed when thinnings were made.” The Report 
for 1912-13 records p. 13, para. 37, serious damage by Duomitus cera- 
■micus in Pegu Division. 
In 1919 the Divisional Forest Officer notes that he “ did not see 
anything like the number of trees attacked inside the fire-protected 
areas [under 10 years] as were seen in the fairly old plantations that 
have not been fire-protected.” 
South Zamayi reserve is situated on the south-eastern terminations 
of the Pegu-Yoma range in hill country below 1,000 feet; the teak forest 
is of the upper moist mixed type with a rainfall of about 125 inches. 
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