Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-02-08
A PLEA FOR The BEES.
10 Not Spray Trees With Poison
While in Bloom.
r,,,. submitted for the CONFEDERATION
Of our Loeisiaiors-Fhe "se' Nee'
,..nry 80 successful Horticulture.
JI,n Dtferci Noes


giior Dsserct NcrG
Having been Informed by a mum.
bar Of bee keepers aud fruit growers
that bills. namely II. y. Nc. 65, II. b.
No. 81 and II. b. No. 10, have been
r,ssentcd 10 the Legislature TO create
I'D eslablsh territorial board Of hor-
tcnl,ure and 20 protect fruit treos and
vine. from bugs, coddling moth or
otbor nozious insects, we rs bee keep.
s.and fruit raisers, although In favor
of some wise and practical law for the
pro,ection Of the fruit Industry Of our
Territory, DO earnestly and seriously
,yposo these or similar acts aut pro.
~ against their becoming law I'M
ezra clause 10 inserted making II u
psnal onensc 10 spray trees
While In bloom. IL is not
,ecessary u state that 90
may tho trees with any poisonous sub
siaprs while they are IN bloom 10 not
guly death to the trees, but u does the
iniit no good. This u what we Wish
io impress on our Legislators aud our
ffuUt growers. The proper time 10
snfay Il after the tfoos have blossomed
Oh when the fruit has set.
We wish 10 state emphatically that
the hofllcullurist cannot make sue
crra without the bees any more than
iboboCkceperican without thelhoflicul.
tufiat. In support Ofthls statement we
onor the following estract from q 10.
p5ft ~ the Indians Btatc Beekeep.
sHi convention In 1893. Or. j. NJ.
Hlcks Of indianapolis sayg The re-.
latlon hoes hold Ina the proper aud
succsuiul management of horticulture
has never been very well understood In
thuCluutTy,cxcept BY few ui tho most
fucceaiul fruit grower; yet, never
thelcas, there 10 natural law that
governs aud controls thoee fixed prin'
clples IN the economy Of nature, Ia the
proper fertilization Of fruits, both large
aud small. How beautiful we SEQ ana
foalzo1ho fact tnat bees aro the sure
messengers Ia asliaiing horticulture
uu thr horticultural In rcAplng aud
gathering \ b.untlful harvest OF fruits
ns well as many OF the various
grains ami erods OF the lant. Thus,
when combined with the service per.
formed by the bees 80 their eager pur.
cults, our animation extends beyond
tutm 10 their Great Originator, who by
ouch apparently small means accom-.
uishud 90 simply yet 10 completely
70 most important object OF creation.
While The bees are receiving from tbs
plants sustenAuCu aud At the SAME
time giving them fertility, both ~
the horticultural aud TO the florist
ln procuring TcmuucTa,ive returns.
Thus II IL true that II II were
not Tor the valuable aid that
tho bees and other Insects perform la
frr.illzlug many OF the blooms Of
fruit trees anu garden plants We should
s1un DO found wanting in proper
supply OF fruit and seeds in carrying
on tho laulabls business OF hOfticul-
ilN, o. well as fail In having seeds OF
good quality al planting time. Thus
wo zen that the Two arc directly and
Intimately connected with and depend
largely upon each other. | Ind that
the bees are instrumental In fertillzlng
tho bloom OF the cucumbers ami that
they bear Overa half more also Of other
plants and vegetables that are raised Ia
abundance dOingibetlrr where there are
bees. About three years ago sent out
$50 loads Of grapes, while my neigh
b0fs got no grapes at all. l also AZ
tribute. this TO having busy bees In my
vineyard and feriilizing the bloom Of
the grape at the proper time"
The well known &, T.. Dadant, OF
Hamilton, ILL.,, says: "Ihe bees are "A
useful factor In liberalization of many
blossoms. Their help ~ Invaluable 10
the hor,icultuTlst, and IL n a known fact
90 all Observers that the season In
which the fruit trees bear the most
plentiful harvest are those In which the
bees have worked on them with ihe
most diligence. Tho fact IL easily ex.
planned aud II In accordance with
what the nAtunlists tell us OF the
structure OF the blossoms and OF the
fertilization Of the ptitiles 90
i5fuli zbrthU flowers and mnkea them
Tear iruit 10 IL necessary that little
Of the TOllon DO scattered on the pistil
aud II IL proven that this pollen In moro
efficient when not furnished by the
came blossom or even by the same tree.
80 the bee II a natural agent Ia tho 70.
production OF many trees anu plants,
aud prevents In and Ia breeding from
being carried to excess In all the bios
tDms ON which II wOrks. The Rsser.
ton OF many people that the bees are
injurious TO sound fruit Ia a gross error,
and II more people kept bees they
would soon ascertain that the bees
feed on fruit only when II IL already
damaged aud when no other or better
sweet 10 found. They aim to save that
which goes 10 waste and always save
the test fret"
have succeeded In fruit raising
much better since 1 have combined
bookkeeping with II, especially with
small fruits such M strawberries, fasp-
tefTies, grapes, etc. My own expert.
ence teaches me that the horticultural
needs the beskeeper more than the
bOckcepser needs tho hoTliculturist,
ns We often have an abundance OF
honey without the aid OF fruit blof-
toms. Some seasons one dozen locust
trees Will produce more honey than an
acre VI fruit bloom, AsR further proof
Ofthe benefit OF the little busy bee 10
the fruit grower, / enclose the follow.
Ing. Geo. w. ROdebaCk writes from
Los Angeles Cal, Nov. 70, 1893, 10 the
A. Is. j., page 7li! "rhe California
stale Fruit Gr0wers' associa.
ton has been In session here
tuls week. one Of the subjects
wa8 fertilization. A gentleman stated
that no had "A friend Ia this state who
started into fruit growing several years
ugo, locating thirty-hve miles from any
lluit growing section or where any
bees were located. The first year that
his tFpeR bla.pumOd and in gNUcgtqugy