Gleanings in bee culture . brood. In the first Feb-ruary number he will discuss methods oftreatment under various conditions.—Ed.] A MALIHINI IN THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS BY LESLIE BURR October 12, 1915, is a red-letter day onmy calendar, for it was on that day that Ifirst saw the Hawaiian Islands, and at thesame time discovered a new name for my-self. It happened this way—the new was standing on the corner of Fort andBeretania streets, examining the fire-stationand the sidewalk, both of Avhich are madeof blocks of lava, and was observing theHawaiians, the Chinese, and the little ki- mono-dr
Gleanings in bee culture . brood. In the first Feb-ruary number he will discuss methods oftreatment under various conditions.—Ed.] A MALIHINI IN THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS BY LESLIE BURR October 12, 1915, is a red-letter day onmy calendar, for it was on that day that Ifirst saw the Hawaiian Islands, and at thesame time discovered a new name for my-self. It happened this way—the new was standing on the corner of Fort andBeretania streets, examining the fire-stationand the sidewalk, both of Avhich are madeof blocks of lava, and was observing theHawaiians, the Chinese, and the little ki- mono-draped Japanese women as they glid-ed past. Some native HaAvaiian childrenwith schoolbooks under their arms passedby. One of the children, a boy of about * The mysterious way in which European foulhrood spreads puzzled the beekeepers of 50 yearsago. It is unlikely, however, that the germs of dis-ease would be gathered fiom forage unless they weredistributed to the same by bees from diseased colo-nies. JANUARY 15, 1916 59. iart of TainagaAvas ai-iiary. twelve j-ears of age, remarked to the otherchildren, Malihini, and at the same timeindicated me. It was a simple tiling, per-haps, yet I had been classified, identified,and named. The city is a mass of vegetation; butmost of the trees are old friends, and al-most all of them are trees that were im-ported here. The royal palm is everywhere,perhaps not quite as beautiful as in Cuba;then there is the royal ponciana, the mango,the monkey-pod, and the algaroba. Thelast is the most common tree in the first algaroba was brought to the islandof Oahu by Father Bachelot in 1826. Theoriginal tree is still alive, and is to be foundon Fort Street near Beretania. For thebenefit of the Texas and New Mexico bee-keepers I will state that the algaroba isnothing more nor less than their old friendmesquite. The first apiary, or, for that matter, tliefirst colony of bees that I saw after myarrival at Honolulu, was the apiary of ,
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