The Hawaiian gazette., 1907-06-28
HAWAIIAN HONEY
IS WELL FIXED

Agricultural Experiment Station, re-.
turned in the transport Crook from
his mission 10 Washington and other
places ~ the representative Of the
Iawaiinn Beekeepers Association. His
efforts on behalf Of the Hawaiian
honey industry were quite successful,
besides the special object Of his trip
as stated below he having secured 9th
er benefits for the beekeepers. Asked
for an account Of his travels and work
Prof. Van Dine said to an Advertiser
reporter:
"It was long trip. found !
had to spend more time on things !
went on to do with than ! had an.
ticipated.
"The principal object of the trip
was generally understood to be the
settlement of the question of market
ing Hawaiian honey, and / am very
glad to be able to say that there will
be no difficulty in placing the product
on the mainland market. Hawaiian
honey in comparison with the bulk of
the mainland product is abnormal but
is nevertheless natural honey, and
] was successful in convincing the au
thorities at Washington that the honey
should not only be allowed to come
within the standard, but that for the
purposes for which it is used it is
superior to the mainland product.
1--WE have a type of honey here
which is comparatively new and the
results of the work that we have done
at the Hawaii Experiment Station on
this type of honey are the most that
is known about it.
THE Commission of Food and Drug |
Inspection hesitated to deviate in any |
way from the standard, fearing it |
would give mainland concerns engaged |
in honey adulteration chance to re-
sumo their operations. However, the |
whole subject has been thoroughly dis
cussed and, as l have said, provisions
have been made whereby no adultera.
tions can occur and at the same time
our product Will be placed upon the
market.
''There is one thing that must be
realized in American agriculture and
that is that tropical conditions will
have to be considered in the future
in any general survey of a particular
subject Heretofore American agrieul-
ture has been confined to temperate
zone conditions, but with the addition
of our tropical possessions these con-
ditions require modification of stand
ards.
''ln so far as manipulation of apia-
ries is concerned, together with races
of bees, the Hawaiian beekeepers do
not need to take second place with
those of any locality that i visited on
the mainland, and ] believe / saw all
the leading beekeeping sections and
the various races of bees at present
established there.
"One important subject that took
Up was that of the introduction of
bee-feeding plants, to in
'rease the bee pasturage in the islands.
md l obtained a number of very val
Iable plants, some of them being of
iual benefit since they are, to greater \
'r less extent, valuable as forage ,
plants. When established in the is
ands these plants will not only greatly
Increase the amount of our honey but
Is quality as well. '
There were many points in connec- &
ion with our industry here of espe- I
ial interest to the authorities at |
Washington, SO much SO that DIR. Phil /
lps, in charge of beekeeping investi- I
ations in the chronological bureau. i
'ill plan to spend February of the /
oming year in the Hawaiian Islands. $
Besides the beekeeping work, 1 con-
erred with DIR. Howard in regard to I
arious species OF flies affecting the
We stock in Hawaii and arrangements +
Or cooperation on the part of the bu- n
eau of entomology in connection with d
along this line were ef-
acted. on the same proposition 1 !,
isited the cattle country in the South
rn States.
II also represented the Territorial
'oard OF Health at a conference in
lew York city of the active workers
/ mosquito control in the United
tates. our conditions here proved to
e OF a great deal of interest to the
ieeting and 1t was conceded that Ha- l
ali, "A tropical country free from yell :
~ fever ana malaria, held slngu-
Irly favorable reputation.
During the trip ] had a sample of
bout every climate in the world and
'as mighty glad to get back TO Homo
ilu"