Porto Rican Beekeeping (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Porto Rican BeekeepingThe exports of honey 3 in 1897 (immediately preceding American rule) amounted to liters, valued at 405 pesos, which was all shipped to the United States. The local consumption of honey is small even yet, so that the amount exported gives a rather accurate idea of the honey produced or obtained from wild colonies. The limited local consumption is probably due to the use of honey chie¿y as a medicine by the people of Porto Rico. Gifford4 records finding charred tabanuco trees on the Luquillo National Forest, probably purposely fired by some native to secure honey or for some other purpose.It was recognized, however, that there was opportunity for the development of the industry. The veteran naturalist, Dr. Augustin Stahl, 5 of Bayamon, wrote in 1899 as follows: Apiculture is unknown in this country, Where the bee finds material at hand for the preparation of honey and wax. If men of understanding should be sent to teach our people this industry, the gain in the future therefrom would be considerable.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.