St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-08-23
.farm. Garden and JnusrhnM
Value of Bees in Horticulture.

Value of Bees in Horticulture.
" are glad 10 record the results al
some actual experiments 10y German
professors. III relation To the u>r OF the
htt. in horticulture. '>rUallN there has
been an intense prejudice against the
poor bee: but at the Apiaiiln General
Convention. held at Stuttgart. III WiIt
rnhufg. in I-.I-. the subject of the
honey Yielding crops being under dis
cu>-inn. the celebrated p"m"l"gSt,
Prof Lucus. un, of th, directors of the
ll"hcnh,.Im lm>titutc. alludim" t" thu. PIE
Iudirr. went on I" SAY
OF more Importance. however, j. the
Imp"\cd infringement of "ur fruit trees.
Here the Interests of the h"Iticulturi>l
and the. bee keeper combine and run
parallel y iudici"m~ pruning of or
fruit trees viii rau>, them /" blossom
m"r'. freely and Yield honey more plcrI.
tItullN I would ur@c attention 1" this
ON Those, particularly VIA" are both fruit
growers and bee krrrcI>. \ careful
and "hscrranr bee keeper. at r"Isdlm.
writes /" nt. that his trees Weld drcid
ccdlN LARGER crops since he has r>tHi,-
li>lrrd an apiarl III his orchard. and the
annual crop i NOW more certain and
regular than before. though his trrc>
had always received due attention.
some Years ago. Il wealthy lady in Ter
/.
siderable cost. and stacked it with Il
great Variety of choice native and r\
"tIr fruit trees expecting. m due time
{" have rrnun"IatIN" crops. me
passed. and annually there WAS i super
abundance, of blossoms. with only Il
,tIl little fruit. Various plans were
devised and adapted /" bring the trees
To hearing. hut without success. till il
was suggested that the blossoms needed
fertilization. and that hN means of bees
tlr,. needed work could he. effected. \
hive of busy honey "athrrcI> Was in
u"duccd next season the remedy WAS
rficctual there WAS II" longer ANY diff
hrultN IN producing crops there. The
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Samuel Wagner. also printed an al
tlclt in his Be-, .I"n,nni, upon the same
subject. 1t is very important t" fruit
Iai>,lS:
In Ia, Count Anthony, of p"rring~.
>rcirrld. IN BaNalla. President "t the
A'ad"hI\ cot ScIrhc" at Munich. STRIVING
t" r'-Ihtr"dnr" hr" cnltu" "m his l'atrl-
n"hIiI estate, found III ms generally
prevalent picl"dIr" Il. e that the bee
inquired ia" trHl1 10y MS visits t" the
H"""r.) the 'hIti obstacle t" success
|" overcome TINS, he lah"rcd a>>ldu"liS-
~ I" SHOW that bees tar from being m
l'ill"'i>' were directly hcn"iI"IiI IN the
II"''li''H'i"ii "i "I''>>"'Ii> causing the
l"" l" sci 10y conveying the irrt'li|lmg
pune" NOM 'l'' "'i''' ana nom ""N'l
!" now ne P'"\'"' "'"''"\''' 10y
VIM ''' '''''''H '''"'"' '''' century
Wv" NV WY N'l' ny every
tenant on inc estate run WAS a"''l"
ANT whereas Nh'h "l'I\ seven kept
"'''>' ami none "i those lI;'d m"l" than
'hl'' '"l"ll'N. lrnIl WAS >'Hr'"r Than
no" l'N>ilH lot IIhi l. >r"ilEh-
I'IIl'' VIE writes I" IN exchange:
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