Show spraying trees in bloom harms Harm bees i little insects ne necessary cosgary for pollination prepa by the th united states Depart rogat ot of agriculture when prayong fruit tree care should be taken to do the work at a time when there Is the least danger of the honeybees honeybee 0 which vit visit tile the blomi blO Moros otna aud abd which are very eri liec ebsary tor for the pollination of the flow er era k a ays Y a the U united at t ed states ve department part of agriculture spraying trait fruit trees while in full bloom with arsent cats call la in particularly injurious to bees according to teta tests which have been completed recently by the bureau of entomology of course the beekeeper does doea not want his hi bees poisoned pol toned says the department part ment b because ec ause as a result his big honey crop Is reduced the subject should ila be of even more interest however to fruit growers rowers because with the loss of the honeybees they lose the roost effect effective IV e me means a n 8 0 of f poma tion in their orchards in thio respect the beekeeper the fruit grower and in fact everyone Is benefited by honeybees I 1 the effect of arsenical acta sprays YX i on th the mortality of honeybees has long been debated but bat only a few systematic investigations have been ahde to aid in settling bottling the dispute to in the hope boos of answering definitely some of te questions so long debated these anta were conducted while they are limited in their scope they do enable the depart ment to make some spraying apple trees during full bloom la is oot not recommended because the codling moth can be as well controlled by spraying when 00 90 per cent of the petals have falln fallen and because spraying when the trees are in bloom Is injurious to insect pollinators pollina tors |