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Show TREMENDOUS DEATH OF BEES Preventable Less of Heney Gatherers Caused by Spraying Trees White Blooming. Fruit growers who apply lead arsenate arse-nate or other arsenleal sprays te trees 1b full bloom are accused by beekeepers beekeep-ers of causing a tremendons death rate of bees from poisoning. FraDels Jager, chief of the division of bee culture. cul-ture. University Farm, tells of a thorough thor-ough practical test made by W. A Price, Purdue university, and reported report-ed In a bulletin in which Mr. Price said : "Bees work freely on sprayed trees In the open, even where thers are unsprayed trees about. The mor tnllty was 69 per cent In the lime with sulphur and arsenate of lead and 40 per cent In sulphur and arsenate of lead dusted on dry." |