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lieu iur spent y andothers, on, re-y Mr. anada, turn.vas M.iis, inc.,Southweek.Jordon Ednday appleI.Swartz, a, brief iallfor-n., wass this . Westof ad-Amer-burgh,s week at the )sition.sek on lent of Rob-* werewtakengiving)ace.3 Com-iforniato ar-ot the Fresh butors, igo fortended#Expo-libit atwas in»*'«• ;v v. i-' T*0dUCt8tor onGrande*also inc., hicago lat for i been rislting tlantlc is • thisZJhrist-i, Me., calling who •ket.aesday. •elationth the n ask-uspen-s easts' free freight id thats serv-issippistated :e free t soon s were id the on is-serviceII tyrsPhone—Canal 6080—6081 References: The Packer, ProduceV *Pest Suppressionand* lt;Orchard Management-4By H. A. Surface, Sc. D.Selinifrove, Pa.ihe, department of “Pest Suppression and Orchard Management,” by Dr HA Surface, The . Packer offers a valuableservice to its readers who may be prowl1therefore distinctly interestedturt wnftp0maiH subjects. A special fea-°* Questions and an- ' swers, and all. persons who wish to ask questions on orchard topics and havefree of charge by a practical scientific expert who for years owned7 I % u nuu ivi owneafnndT^r.±?„?„ne„e! orchardsin .Pennsylvania are cordially invited to write directly to Dr. • H. A. Surface- at Selinsgrove, Pa.21(ummFall 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 would. .develop, and without fjowers to furn-• »ish nectar bees soon would die of starvation. In the eastern and central.. • • .i •lt;*... . *states orchardists are now paying bee keepers from $2 to $5 per hive to keep4bees in their orchards during blossom time, but I know other orchardistsawho 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 andcorrecting 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 r light - honey is Removed . in time tp; 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)Sep 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 I \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.✓ -•-• i «•*• • *1I13 £iI^o ‘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, ks 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* Asso-.elation, of which I was president at the timp.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 true1 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...AlbertExp(ChicagCo. Will this year upper pe menting executive week: “One c comparal sections Michigan ern shorlt;and clim* Green N variety £ nothing i “We be tion has especially parativel; markets stock bri of the slt; sections of a high “We h our busii and this to offer nage. W packing conjunct! buyers WPotatoft - .Nqw Canned Jfrled Potatoes.Madison, Wis., ’Sept. 18.—For the first time in the observation of officials of the State Department of Agriculture and Markets, canned French fried potatoes are appearing on the Wisconsin market, Harry Klueter, chief of the dairyj and food division, reported today. Vacuum packed, the1 potatoes are prepared* for table use. :Chici talned potato sets an rivals v er slow quoted @2.70, umphs biers aumphsTherlt; bage ai require: Illinois 75c@$l $1.35 a $1.25.Demt ample resultin yellows lows 40' i\
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