(MAP. XXII.] 



USEFUL IXSECTS. 



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their activities which must not be overlooked, especially in districts 

 where large n nas of crops are required lo be fertilized by these 

 insects for the attainment of successful crops later on. In places 

 tates and all fruit gardens it will probably be 

 found profitable to keep bees, not so much for the production of 



as for the successful pollination of crops; or at least to 

 protect the bees whi re these occur in .1 wild state. 



only native Indian bee which offers any chance of domesti- 

 cation is Apis indica which, as already noted, can be hived with 



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uccess. Proper wooden hives should be used, with moveable 

 ■l frames of standard size and provided with wax foundation 



to save the bee- as much as possibli from the nei essity of making 

 For it must be remembered that the production of wax is a 

 train on th nd that it takes about 



pounds weight of hones to repair the wear and tear caused by the 

 tion of every pound weight of wax. If, therefore, bees are kepi 



for honey, this should always be extracted in a proper machine 



.tion of a simpl riltural /ourna 



( Ictobei 1911. 



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