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Item Beekeeping for Beginners —Part I.(1937) Harris, W.V.; Department of Agriculture Tanganyika Territory.Beekeeping, as a hobby or as a subsidiary occupation for the farmer, may be carried out successfully in East Africa. Except in limited areas, which will be discussed later, reasonable yields of good honey can be obtained, for which a local market can be found without difficulty.Item Helopeltis Bug(1937) Harris, W.V.The Helopeltis bug. Helopeltis begrothi, has been known in Tanganyika tor many years. Morstatt6 recorded it as a pest of cinchona cacao cotton and camphor but not as of any importance. Since 1922 it has been collected at in~ tervals on cotton in various parts of the Territory but never in numbers. In 1931 it appeared on tea in Tukuyu.1 In 1935 a number of cases of injury to cotton were reported particularly in the Morogoro and Usambara districts and Helopeltis bug was kept under observation as a minor pest.2 During 1936 Helopeltis has appeared as a serious pest of a number of plants other than cotton and the attention of nurserymen and gardeners generally is now drawn to the bug.Item More about Dry-Wood Termites(1958) Harris, W.V.; Colonial Termite Research Unit, British Museum (Natural History)The striking differences in habit between the dry-wood termites and the ground dwelling members of this family of insects Are generally recognized, as indicated by the way in which different popular names are given to them In many countries. For example, dry-wood termites are often called "borers"or "flying termites", while the ground dwellers go by the name of "white ants". In Latin America the common names are"polilla" and "comejen" respectively: though both these terms appear to be used for other pests as well. It is of great practical importance to appreciate that dry-wood termites are in fact termites and not beetles or any other kind of insect, just as it IS also of importance to bear in mmd the ways in which their behavior and social organization differ from their subterranean or mound-building relatives. It is not surprising that in the Old World Tropics "white ants" are associated in most people's minds with the mounds, large or small, which are frequently a conspicuous feature of the landscape. Thus it IS that in dry countries like Arabia where mounds are scarce or quite absent, termite damage to buildings comes as a surprise.
