The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-06-27
HAWAIIAN HONEY
IS WELL FIXED
Van Dine Gains POints---OffieiaI
Expert Apiarist Coming
Here.

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Agricultural Experiment Station, re
turned in the transport Crook from
his mission to Washington and othe
places as the representative of thu
Hawaiian 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
I for an account of his travels and work
Prof. Van Dine said to an Advertiser
reporter:
1T was long trip. l found /
/ had to spend more time on things |
went on to do with than l had an
| ticipated
e.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 a 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
VIE 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.
1.-The Commission of Food and Drug
Inspection hesitated to deviate in any
way from the standard, fearing 1t
would gives mainland concerns engaged
in honey adulteration a chance to re-
sumo their operations However, the
whole subject has been thoroughly dis
cussed and, as [ have said, provisions
have been made whereby no adultera
lions 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 particular
subject Heretofore American agricul
ture has been confined to temperate
zone conditions, but with the addition
of our tropical possessions these con-
ditions require modification of stand |
ards
In 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 / 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
desirable bee-feeding plants, to in /
crease the bee pasturage in the islands,
and I obtained a number of very VAL
liable plants, some of them being of
dual benefit since they are, to a greater
or less extent, valuable as forage
plants. When established in the is
lands these plants will not only greatly
increase the amount of our honey but
its quality as Well
There We're many points in connec-
ton with our industry here of espe-
ciaI interest to the authorities at
so much SO that DIR. Phil |
lips, in charge Of Bookkeeping investi-
cations in the chronological bureau,
will plan to spend February of the |
coming year in the Hawaiian Islands. |
Besides the beekeeping work, I con-
ferred with DR.. Howard in regard to |
various species of flies affecting the |
live stock in Hawaii and arrangements |
for cooperation on the part of the bu-
reau of entomology in connection with |
Investigations along this line We're eff |
fected. On the same proposition I |
visited the cattle country in the South |
ern States.
Il also represented the Territorial !
Board of Health at a conference in !
New York City of the active workers
in mosquito control in the United |
States. Our conditions here proved to |
be of a great deal of interest to the |
meeting and it was conceded that Ha-
wall, tropical country free from yell |
low fever and malaria, held a singu- |
larly favorable reputation.
During the trip I had a sample of |
about every climate in the world and !
was mighty glad to get back TO Homo |
lulu"