. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. ^ERICA.^. 41st YEAR. CHICAGO, ILL,, OCTOBER 10,1901. No, 41. \ * Editorial. ^ l Bee-Keeping in the West Indies is the title of a pamphlet of about SO pages, issued in Auffust of this year by Mr. D. Mor- ris, Commissioner of Agriculture for the West Indies. It is written by Mr. W. K. Morrison, who was engaged for the purpose of prepar- ing the booklet, after visiting several of the principal islands of the group. Mr. Morrison was formerly connected with the I'nited States Department of Agriculture, and is specially fitted for such an undertaking. In in
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. ^ERICA.^. 41st YEAR. CHICAGO, ILL,, OCTOBER 10,1901. No, 41. \ * Editorial. ^ l Bee-Keeping in the West Indies is the title of a pamphlet of about SO pages, issued in Auffust of this year by Mr. D. Mor- ris, Commissioner of Agriculture for the West Indies. It is written by Mr. W. K. Morrison, who was engaged for the purpose of prepar- ing the booklet, after visiting several of the principal islands of the group. Mr. Morrison was formerly connected with the I'nited States Department of Agriculture, and is specially fitted for such an undertaking. In introducing the pamphlet, Mr. Morris says: '' After a careful study of the circumstances Mr. Morrison is of opinion that the outlook for bee-keeping in the West Indes is very encouraging. At present, with the single exception of Jamaica, a bee-keeping indus- try can hardly be said to exist. At Urenada, St. Vincent, Barbados and Antigua a few bee- keepers were met with, but in the other islands, as at St. Lucia and Dominica, with an abundance of honey-bearing flowers to be found all the year round, little or no atten- tion has been devoted to ; Mr. Morrison gives hints suited to bee-keep- ing In the tropics, illustrations of the more important implements required, a list of the principal nectar-yielding flowers of that re- gion, and a glossary of bee-terms. The hope is expressed that the pamphlet ?• will serve the objects in view, and that a bee-keeping industry of a thriving and per- manent character will before long be estab- lished in these ; Cuba and Jamaica are foremost in bee- keeping among the islands of the West Indies. The Honey Crop of 1901 in the I'nited .States seems to be a rather uncertain iiuantity, if we may judge from the reports that we hear from various parts of the land. In view of this condition of honey affairs, we requested Messrs. R. A. Burnett & Co. I whom we regard as the largest wholesale dealers in honey in Chicago),
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