Show honeybees help apple orchard successful fruit grower needs apiary as well as fruit trees to be able to do their best work honeybees that help to pollinate lo in fruit blossoms must be thoroughly protected through the winter and spring must have prolific queens must have love enough room tor for rearing a large brood and must be allowed tin on abundant supply of honey and pollen brought over from the previous year so says prof B E F phillips of the cornell cornel university experiment station who bo points out that the fruit grower interested in cross pollination does not need a great number of beehives in his orchard so much as strong colonies at his service some see bee problems lf if the fruit grower la Is to be a beekeeper also according to professor phillips certain problems will confront him lie he will have to prevent or control swarming he will need to make provision for wintering the bees in a special cellar or outdoors in hives hedv heavily ay iy packed against cold several diseases dl seares such as american foul brood have to be guarded against but tha can get inspection service from the state against the danger of poisoning from dusting a danger that exists largely because fruit growers apply dusts at the wrong time he must be constantly watchful problems discussed A bulletin by professor discusses these problems as well as the distribution of af colonies in the orchard the permanent location of the apiary and the comparative advantages and disadvantages of renting or owning bees those who wish to know more about honeybees tor for the orchard may get this bulletin by writing to the publications office in roberts hall college of f agriculture ithaca N Y and asking for EIDO E IDO |