Bees of Guam Author CockerellL, T. D. A. University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado text 1942 1942-06-01 Bernice P. Bishop Museum Honolulu, Hawaii Insects of Guam I 188 190 book chapter 5159 10.5281/zenodo.5160372 356a98ac-1526-4045-ae7f-52d08e753dfb 5160372 1. <emphasis id="B8B2786DFFD2FFF539CB93E6FD1BFC36" bold="true" box="[500,760,944,985]" pageId="0" pageNumber="188">Apis mellifera</emphasis> Linnaeus , Syst. Nat. , 10th ed., 576 , 1758 . " A large colony was observed hanging beneath a large branch of a Pithecolobium tree by the roadside near Piti . It was at an elevation of 15 to 20 feet , and continued there for five months after we discovered it. A smaller colony vtas similarly situated higher up in the tree . Sometimes the bees nest in cliffs of the coral limestone. "The honeybee, introduced into Guam from the Hawaiian islands in 1907, seems to readily take to open air life there. Little effort is made to produce honey on a commercial scale. Any convenient box is used for a hive. The universal kerosene case is commonly used, sometimes with a side open to the weather."-O. H. Swezey.