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entanders,re-Mr.tdayi.M.nc„uthik.dondayplertz,riefCor-w asthisrestad-ier-gh,eektheton.on t of ob-rere ken ring)m-*niaar-theeshors,forded*p-t' ati in;v t-■* *.JCtSonnde•ilsonc.,agoforeen;ing□ticthis1st-Je.,ingvhot.layionthesk-en-urtreeghthatirv-ppited:ree.□oneretheis-dceruune—oanu OU9U-HI081References: The Packer. ProducV *Pest SuppressionandOrchard ManagementBy H. A. Surface, Sc. D. Selinifrove, Pa.ihe. department of Pest SuDoression and Orchard Management,”, by Dr H APacJ“r offers a valuable service to its readers who may be nro-focers and therefore distinctly interestedt urp to?i 1 o°r£a*h su^ects*.A special fea-inn , i?ade ot «uesti0“s and an- ' swers, and all. persons who wish to ask.questions on orchard topics and have Jpom answered free of charge by a practical scientific expert who for years ownedSJ1 erafed ?ne of the laT?est orchards« in Pennsylvania are cordially invited to write directly to Dr. - H. A, Surface- at Selinsgrove, Pa.Pall Car© of Honey Bees.I have called attention frequently to the fact that bees essentially should accompany horticulture. Without bees or other insects to pollenize the blossoms many kinds of fruits never woulddevelop, and without f)owers to furn-• «ish nectar bees soon would die of starvation. In the eastern and central. . • • .1 t . *states orchardists are now paying bee keepers from $2 to $5 per hive to keep4 •bees in their orchards during blossomtime, but I know other orchardists.who place bees in their orchards and simply let them remain there without further attention, being either too busy or too unskilled in handling the bees safely to give them .the help they need.It is true that the bees cannot be entirely neglected, and ..they do require attention involving some knowledge and definite proper treatment during each particular season of the year. The attention that the bees need just now includes the following points: (1) See if the larvae or brood is diseased. If so, treat them with proper remedy. (2) See that each colony is strong. If not, learn why not by carefully looking through the - hive and. correcting any feature that is wrong. (3) RemoVe all the ■vyhite 'or clear honey immediately, if this has riot been done already. The honey stored in the combs for the rest of this season will be dark and the careful beekeeper will see that the \ light * honey is Removed . in time tq; prevent its being mixed in the same combs with the newer and darker honey. For home . use this does not matter much, but for market it is very objectionable. (4) See that the queen is given plenty of room for laying eggs to rear an abundr ance of young bees for wintering, and that the workers are given room to store their honey during the remainder of the fall. These are two of the very essential points in safe wintering, for plenty of young flying bees with an abundance of stores or food for winter means half , the. battle for successful wintering already won.INx ‘Stingless” Bees.An article is going the rounds of the eastern press just now to the effect that a certain beekeeper in New Jersey has “stingless” bees. This is misleading, as it gives readers the impression that there really, is a bee without asting or that will not use Its sting.There are . indeed stingless. bees found in South America. The bee firm of A. I. Root Company once had two nests of these truly stingless bees shipped to them for dissection and critical study at a meeting of the Pennsylvania State Beekeepers' Association, of which I was president at the time.I had opportunity to open the nest and examine the stingless bees quite closely. . These bees are about one-half the size of honey bees, and they are indeed stingless, but how they do fight and bite and claw at the intruder They go for one's eyes, nose, ears and mouth until he heartily wishes he were dealing with the good old-fashioned honey bees instead of the stingless South American importation. Their honey is not placed in cells of vertically suspended combs, but in rounded cups, as large as the end of a man's little finger, and are placed loosely side by side, like a number of teacups standing together. Their pollen Is placed in the same kind of cups, which are scattered among the honey cups. The pollen is as sour as vinegar and is easily mixed with the honey, making it unfit to eat. It is decidedly impossible to think of domesticating and utilizing the true stingless bee and using it in the arts of mankind.. It is possible to develop a gentle strain of true- honey bees with which one can work safely and comfortably without the need of veil or gloves.. Bee breeders have been working on this plan for 50 years, and it is now so completely attained that . one can buy gentle Itaiian queens of many queen breeders. The gentleness of the bee depends upon the strain and also upon the method of handling. Give Italian bees of the gentle strain just a little smoke and let them fill themselves with honey, and they then will be rendered as nearly “stfngless” as one need ever want bees. Almost every beekeeper now has colonies of such non-sting bees, from which he rears gentle queens whose progeny is so gentle as.to be correctly called “nonsting” bees.• «• ••i21wmmWE», % i‘.v*AlbertExChicaNqw Canned Jfried Potatoes.Madison, Wis., Sept. 18.—For the ICo. wil this yet upper pmentin* exeputii week: “Onecompar sections Michlga ern sho and clin Green variety nothing “We 1 tion ha especial parativc markets stock b of the sections of a hig “We our bus and thito offei nage. 1 packing conjunc buyers 1PotatcChitainecpotatcsets s rivalser sio quotei lt;g)2.7CumphbiersumphThebage ! requir Illinoi
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