Show SPRAYING f MAY AY KILL OFF BEES Should Wait Until Most Blossoms Pall Fall When spraying fruit trees care should be taken to o do the work nta ata at nt a time when there Is the least dan dan- danger dan dan-Bor gee ger of poisoning the honey which visit the blossoms and which are very crY necessary for tor the pollina pollina- pollination LIOn tion of the flowers says DayS the United States department of agrIculture Spra Ing fruit trees while in full bloom with nr arsenical is particularly Injurious to bees according according- to tests which have been completed recently by the tile bureau of Of Ot course the beekeeper does not want his bees poisoned says the do de because a us a result his honey crop Is reduced The sub sub- subJect sub subject jeet should be of ot even more Inter Inter- Interest Interest Interest est est however to fruit growers be- be because because be because cause with the loss of ot the he honeybees they lose the most effective o meanS tiC of pollination In their orchards In InthIs Inthis Inthis thIs respect the beekeeper the fruit grower and In fact tact everyone Is benefited by honeybees The effect of arsenical sprays on the mortality of or honeybees h has long lont been debated but only a few sY- sY systematic Investigations Investigation have been m made de to aid In settling the dIspute In tho the hope boric of answering definitely some of the questions so long Ie do- de debated bated hated these test tests were conduct d While they Pro ore limited In their scope they do elo enable the depart depart- department department ment meet to make mako some dome recommendations recommendations tion SprayIng apple trees during full tull bloom is not recommended because the codling moth can be ai a welt well by spraying when 90 per percent percent percent cent of the tho petals have fallen 1111 1 because spraying when n the tIre trees tree are In full bloom Is Injurious to In- In In Insect sect pollinators |