. The Cuba review. Cuba -- Periodicals. 26 THE CUBA REVIEW. AGRICULTURAL Cuban apiaiy, with common box hives, covered with the sheath of the palm tree to shed the rain. Un colmenar cubano hecho de colmenas comunes, en forma de caja, cubiertas con hojas de pahnera para derramar la lluvia. Bee-Keeping in Cuba.* By Frank Reiman, Cauto, Cuba. I believe there is no other country in the world where the output of honey has decreased as it has in Cuba. When the Spaniards and Cubans alike were depredating Cuba and eating up the cat- tle, it was a glorious time for the bee- keeper; but now Cub
. The Cuba review. Cuba -- Periodicals. 26 THE CUBA REVIEW. AGRICULTURAL Cuban apiaiy, with common box hives, covered with the sheath of the palm tree to shed the rain. Un colmenar cubano hecho de colmenas comunes, en forma de caja, cubiertas con hojas de pahnera para derramar la lluvia. Bee-Keeping in Cuba.* By Frank Reiman, Cauto, Cuba. I believe there is no other country in the world where the output of honey has decreased as it has in Cuba. When the Spaniards and Cubans alike were depredating Cuba and eating up the cat- tle, it was a glorious time for the bee- keeper; but now Cuba is being again well stocked with cattle, and the best honey-plant, campanilla, or bellflower (resembling the white morning-glory of the United States), is being torn up by the cattle or cut down by the machete of the Cuban because the cattle do not eat it. In Manzanillo the exports have declined from 5,000 barrels of 50 gallons each to 2,000 barrels last year. This year, I am confident, the exports will not reach 1,000 barrels. The destruction of the timber has caused great drouth in the summer or wet season, and nearly all the streams go dry. Three-fourths of Cuba is now cleared, and the remainder is going very fast. Where there are no woods there is not enough honey to keep the bees living and they will starve. All the large apiaries in Havana Province are dead now, and Pinar del Rio is fast diminishing. This province, Oriente, has still plenty of timber, and by locating along a stream where the bees can al- ways get water, we can not help doing well. There are still plenty of good loca- tions, but it is necessary to buy all the * El autor del articulo sobre la Cria de las Abejas en Cuba, que aparece en esta pagina, dice que cuando los cubanos y espaiioles estaban devastando a Cuba y consumiendo el ganado que habia en la Isla era una epoca niagnifica para dedicarse al comercio de la miel, pero que ahora abunda el ganado y que la mejor planta para las abejas, 6 sea la planta
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