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hetwfen a few liDrtitulturists vvhi) 

 were discussing the value of bees in 

 an orchard, one of them claiming he 

 had been taking the best care of his 

 orchard in years past, but never had 

 been able to get a good crop from it 

 until he placed some stands of bees in 

 his orchard and was more than sur- 

 prised at the bumper crops he got. It 

 lias been the writer's own observa- 

 tion that orchards situated close to 

 apiaiics had set a much larger per cent 

 of fruit than those a few miles away 

 foiin them. In the cross-fertilization 

 of strawberries, cucumbers, etc., where 

 the wind cannot aid in carrying the 

 pollen from blossom to blossom, it is 

 here where the insects must perform 

 the work, es])ecially the bees. 



The harmful effects of bees in an 

 orchard are few, if any. They are 

 blamed for the puncturing of fruits, 

 especially grapes, but through close 

 observations it will be noticed that 

 they only attack fruit already injured; 

 they are also to some extent blamed 

 for the spreading of the pear blight in 

 a pear orchard, but according to 

 Professor H. A. Surface of the Agri- 

 cultural Department of Harrisburg, 

 Pennsylvania, the pear blight often 

 spreads without the invasion of bees. 

 Furthermore, these are not the only 

 sole agents of spreading the germs and 

 should therefore not be condemned by 

 the pear grower. 



The greatest loss to the beekeeper is 

 the spraying during fruit bloom, while 

 all experiment stations are now rec- 

 onmiending to spray when about three- 

 quarters of the petals have fallen, for 

 it has been found that any solution 

 that is strong enough to kill the codling 

 moth during full bloom, will also be 

 harmful to the delicate reproductive 

 organs of the flower. It is known that 

 the nectar gathered from fruit bloom 

 is generally only valuable to the bee- 

 keeper for coming so early in the sea- 

 son it stimulates the colony for brood 

 rearing, thereby building it up into 

 strong, rousing colonies, which are so 

 essential in producing a big surjilus 

 from the basswood, clovers, buck- 

 wheat, etc.; and here again they are 

 beneficial in the cross-fertilization of 

 these plants. Hence it goes to prove 

 that the horticulturist farmers and 

 beekeepers must unite for their mu- 

 tual benefit, for any advantage it offers 

 to the bee redounds to the mutual good 

 of all three. 



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OflU-crs nf Montana Stale Horticultural So- 

 ciety for 191fi: President. M. F,. Dean, Mi.ssoula; 

 first vice president. K. II. I. infield, Iif)zeninn; 

 second vice president, \V. R. Genrpe, Billinj^s; 

 third vice piesidrni, Mrs. A. C. Herbst, Libby; 

 fourth vice nrrsidcnt. Professor D. R. Swinpie, 

 Rozenian; fifth vice president, Mrs. Ren Kress. 

 Hamilton: secretary-treasurer. Professor O. B. 

 Whipple. Bozeman: trustees. C.. C. Willis. I. D. 

 O'Donnell. J. C. Wood, A. V. Piatt, Mrs. Ben 

 Kress. W. J. f.risnias. 



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 factors in inereasitiR tlie yiebis of vepelaldcs. 

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 gai'dening. 



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