Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-03-15
Productive Honey Bee Is
Ihe Farmers Greatest Friend
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Even Darwin. the greatest natural
lsi. recognised. Ia his time. The value
81 the honey bees az an Important
agent ia relation 10 plants when he
wisely said, "No bees. no seed. No
seed no increase Of tho flower. Tho
more visits from the bees tho mora
seeds from the flower. The more
seeds from the flower the more Hos :
ers from the seeds" This be proved
by extensive experiments. and 0thcrs
have done this many tiinea afttr aim
Ne found In one of nis experiments
the foiloNlng results; Twenty aca,ig
OF white clover visited by bees pro.
duccd 2.p9O seeds. while twenty
heads ~ protected that bees could
} not visit them. produced not ous
, seed" The same Kind ol oxpni J.
mVnis have been made With straw D.r-
rics and Various other kinds 81 frultr
Fruit trees that were covered hall
way with netting. 50 that tho h,cs
could not visit the flowers. bore fruit
abundantly on the unprotected parts
bot none ~ OF. OF very little. aud
that of very inferior quality. ON th1
other.
Mure Hccs. Bctici Crops.
This shows the Importance % keep
Ing a few colonies 1T bees on every
farm. aside from the honey they may
yield for their Keeping ana Il o. hoped
TINT this Will be appreciated 90 the
extent that not only more bees wiz
be- kept. but that they viii be 4 "
better
For the large commercial oreha ID
lists. or extensive growers 81 cUcmn
I beers, melons. and various other ctolis.
this question Is OF morn importance
sim. Where large orchards ur fields
are planted In solid blocks or where
there are q number close together.
cross pullcnation IL not satisfactory.
IN account of the lack OF sufficient
insects TO do the work property. 80 q.
pecially when the main part OF the
trees. or plants, are IN bloom In
one instance the owner OF "a large orr
chard did not derive amy fruit from
q Tor eight years. and ~ was about
20 dig up the entire orchard Beins
advised Go try Keeping honey bees 20
fcruliac the blossoms. he did so. Tie
result was that h. sold thousands 70
dollars worth of fruit thereafter. Bot
the usual crop OF honey yielded by
them. aside from the beneficial scr
Vice rendered increases their value.
Many other Instances might BE- given.
do bees Puncturc Fruit?
n Is sometimes stated that honey
bees destroy fruit. hut this is an ct-
roncOus conclusion. Ssnce thcic
mouth parts are not constructed tor
biting they are unable 10 pierce the
sound skin of amy kind OF fruit. Thny
do not appear until birds. wasps. or
some other agency breaks the skin
and causes the juices 10 .Nudc. then
they only come To gather up the wasI.
ing juices from tho bruised fruit.
They do no harm whatever 10 frl.'.
Many experiments an which syugI
fruits. apples. pears, peaches. buucp-
Cs of grapes, etc, were placed FOR
days u hives of bc's from which az
other food was kept prove absolute
~ ana conclnsiycly thai honey tees
can not puncturc the skin OF sopnd
fruit even u they are starving fcr
want of food.
Poison Sprays Harmful Ia Bees
Since the spraying OF fruit trees
and other plants Us coming moro itnG
more into practice. n Is Welt 20 mcu-
ton here briefly some points 81 yl,rc
to both fruit growers aud othcrs. as
well as bcckccpcrs. u goes without
saying that a poison spray on fhe