Beatrice Kapua'Okalani H. Krauss (August 4, 1903 – March 5, 1998) was a botanist, teacher, and historian from Hawai'i who specialized in the indigenous flora and ethnobotany of the islands.
Frederick Krauss was granted a 50-acre homestead on Maui in 1912 and Beatrice with her older sister and two younger brothers contributed to the family's farm.
[6] Krauss was involved in research that led to advances in the use of plant regulators in agriculture to improve the nutritional value and productivity of commercial varieties of pineapple, and presented on her work internationally.
[9] Beginning in 1974, Kraus worked at the Lyon Arboretum a research complex run by the university, where she delivered popular seminars on the history of the Manoa Valley and the ethnobotany of Indigenous Hawaiians.
When Reinecke and other labor organizers including Jack Wayne Hall were convicted under the Smith Act in 1953, Kraus opposed and publicly protested the entire proceedings.
[6][15] After her retirement, Kraus was active in protesting the demolition of historical buildings and trees, including Gilmore Hall at the University of Hawaii, as well as industrial development in the Manoa Valley.