Last year there was some discussion on the possibility of mango honey. I have two apiaries that are located in mango tree rich areas. One in a mango plantation and the other in a semi suburban area with lots of mango trees. After about ten months of observations I have concluded that mango trees do not produce enough nectar for the bees to convert to excess honey and that the bees do not collect pollen from these trees. The two apiaries are located on different sides of the island. One in a drought affected area and the other in an area with adequate rain fall. Both areas had above average crop yields. The first apiary is in an area that did not receive rain for 8 months before the major flowering in August. The drought persisted until mid September. During the flowering very few of the flowers were being worked by the bees and those bees working the flowers did not carry pollen on their pollen baskets. The hives were receiving enough nectar to keep the hive population up but not enough for them to make stores. The second apiary is on the wet side of the island where there are a lot of mango trees (though not a plantation.) This side received rainfall throughout the year. The observations were the same. Perhaps others made different observations. If anyone has experience with the pollination of passion fruit I would like to speak with you. John Lewis Fiji Islands 18S 178E