The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-12-31
BEEKEEPERS IN
ANNUAL MEETING
Hawaiian Association Elects
! New Officers for the
Coming Year.

The annual meeting of the Hawai-
ian Beekeepers' Association was held
Yesterday afternoon in the rooms of
the Merchants Association in the Nc
Candless' building. There was fair
attendance, though President A. w
Carter, being absent on Hawaii, was
unable to be there, as was the case
with Treasurer c. A. HartweIl, who
is now located on Maui.
Among those present at the meet
ing yesterday Were:
A. Waterhouse, Z. c.. Smith, {. h.
BIacow, VIM. Weinrich Jr., Chas. Luz
cas-, James Munro, j. G. Smith, Miss
A. r. Thompson, E. W. Jordan, X. A.
Jordan, Joseph MeMaster, d. L. Van
Dine, r. W. Andrews, I. V. King, L. 1.
Bradford
The following officers for the en-
suing year were elected by the mem
bers of the association: President, A.
f. Judd; vice president, L. V. King;
secretary, D. L. Van Dine; treasurer,
j. o. Young.
VAN DIMES GOOD WORK.
The only one of the officers of last
year who is on the list is ID. L. Van
Dine. who was rendered a special vote
of thanks for the work which he had
done during the past year
The meeting was presided over by
Albert waterhouse, the vice president
of the association, and, after the read
ing of the minutes, he made a snort
speech. telling in a very few words OF
the work which had been done in the
mast wear. He briefly ran over the
various facts which had caused the for
NATION of the association and laid par
ticuIar stress on the trip which was
made TO Washington by d. L. Van
Dine. in the interests of the beekeep-
ars. and the successful accomplish
nent of the matters which he had
taken up at that time.
Secretary Van Dine next made his
report. telling of the work which he
had undertaken while on the Coast,
and of how he had been able TO OBJ
tain seed of honey-producing plants
for distribution among the members
of the association. In this connection
ne read the following paper:
HONEY PRODUCING PLANTS.
The source of our floral honey is,
in the main, the flowers of algaroba
our algaroba forests are, on the whole
well stocked with bees and although
the bees do elaborate honey from the
flowers of lantana, guava, OF, the III
mas. ohia, rice, pill, palm trees, citrus,
and various ornamental trees, vines,
.and plants, as we'll as certain weeds
%and shrubs we must admit that our
floral honey is limited in amount and
in MANY instances this limit has al
ready been reached. To greatly IN
crease our production of floral honey
we must introduce nectar producing
ulauts Outside of the possibility OF
increasing the output of floral honey,
the introduction of bee plants that VIII
-fower at a season when the aIgarooa
Is not in flow will prove of great I'M
nortauce TO the ee-keeping interests.
4 bIoom of even small amount preced-
ing the aIgaroba flow would stimulate
the brood. while plants that would yleId
nectar after the main flow has passed
would mean that all of the crop could
be extracted.
On NV return from the trip to Wash
sngton in the interests of marketing
Hawaiian honey, spent some ten Jays
in California investigating the honey
producing PLANTS of that country with
for introduction into Hawaii. 1 ar
rived ut Riverside from Southern texas
on June / and there met Mr.. }. NJ
Rankin. Special Agent in Agriculture
of the United States Department or
Agriculture. In company with MI.
Rankin. who had spent over year
studying the bee plants of California,
/ covered the territory from Riverside
TO san Francisco and gained much IN
formation that ] believe will prove of
great value To the Hawaiian beekeepers. |
4 want to say that all expenses Of the !
California work. with the exception .
of nv own living expenses, were paid !
by the Office of Agriculture at Wash /
Sngton.
Following is a list of the principal |
bee plants of California: /
The Sages tArtemisia)-black. white /
and button (purpIe). The black sage +
is the most important bee plant in !
California. The sages are all large /
vielderS and are drv-land plants. The /
honey is white in color and mild in !
flavor.
Alfalfa 30 varieties).
Phacela tancetifolia. Bloom during |