| Show Pollination Still Is Bees Bees' Biggest Job The greatest contribution of honey bees to our wartime production is still in pollination of agricultural crops for production of seed and fruit though the importance of both honey and beeswax has also in- in creased Domestic honeybees pollinate most fruits as the wild insects are sel- sel seldom seldom dom numerous enough to acl om- om pUsh this early spring job In areas where most of the land is cultivated wild insects have few places left for nesting and breeding and the thc nation of most other crop plants also depends on the domestic bees With the present urgent need for greater production of legume and other seeds honey bees may have to be brought into the seed pro pro- producing producing areas for assurance of good crops Beekeeping fits in well with seed production as the fields of clo- clo clover clover ver alfalfa and other crops fur fur- furnish furnish nish bees with food and with nectar for making honey |
