. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. tonvenfion Proceedinds'. Bee-Keeping in Hawaii One thousand tons of honey is what the busy bees of Hawaii have, to show for their year's work, or would have it to show if the greater part of it had not already been exported to confectionery manufacturers on the mainland. Two million pounds of sweetness, not to men- tion the tons of wax that have been secured, make a banner honey crop for the Islands, and it was with a note of satisfaction in his voice that President Judd of the Hawaiian Bee-Keepers' As- sociation announced the figures at the annual me
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. tonvenfion Proceedinds'. Bee-Keeping in Hawaii One thousand tons of honey is what the busy bees of Hawaii have, to show for their year's work, or would have it to show if the greater part of it had not already been exported to confectionery manufacturers on the mainland. Two million pounds of sweetness, not to men- tion the tons of wax that have been secured, make a banner honey crop for the Islands, and it was with a note of satisfaction in his voice that President Judd of the Hawaiian Bee-Keepers' As- sociation announced the figures at the annual meeting of the organization yes- terday. The importance of the honey and wax crop to Hawaii has now grown to a point where the bee-men are commencing to talk about combining for the proper marketing of their product, and this is one of the things that was broached at the annual meeting yesterday (Dec. 9, 1908) it being suggested that a Honey Factors' Association, on the lines of the Sugar Factors,' should be formed. The idea will probably be carried out. Yesterday's gathering was the second annual meeting of the bee-men, there being present in the rooms of the Mer- chants' Association A. F. Judd (in the chair), D. L. Van Dine, L. L. McCand- less, F. T. P. Waterhouse, C. Montague Cooke, Robert Andrews, J. O. Young, J. M. Tucker, Brother James, and Mr. Fullaway. President's Address. Following the reading of a year's minutes. President Judd made a verbal report of the year's work, stating that several things had been accomplished. The question of the introduction of bee- plants from California had been gone into and a number of plants imported, although it was too soon to look for re- sults. It had been the policy adopted to import no plant not of a dual use. It had been found, too, that there were plenty of local plants for bee-pasture, and if none have to be brought in it will save Hawaiian honey from having the strong distinctive flavor of other tropical honey. The question of ta
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