GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



APRIL 15, 1915 



National Convention, Denver, Colorado, Feb. 16, 17, 18, 1915. For report see page 217, Mar 



orange is likewise the case in the pollination 

 of lemons and limes, writes Mr. John Bar- 

 clay, Secrefarj' of the Jamaica Agiicultural 

 Society. Although it is extremely danger- 

 ous to reach any conclusion unsupported 

 by tests, the guess might be risked that one 

 other prominent citrus, the grapefruit, de- 

 rives benefit from the visits of honeybees. 

 Porto Rican coffee-planters are becoming 



interested in honeybees as poUinizei-s of the 

 coffee-blossom. In certain seasons, when 

 there is a great amount of rain during 

 bloom they are particularly useful. The 

 wind will carry pollen only in dry weather; 

 but the bees transfer it in wet weather from 

 one blossom to another during their honey- 

 gathering. According to the Porto Riean 

 Experiment Station, a coffee-grower has 



stated that coffee-trees are more productive 

 when an apiary is close at hand than when 

 there are no colonies in the vicinity. Mr. 

 J. T. Crawley, director of the Agricultural 

 Experimental Station at Santiago de las 

 Vegas, Cuba, writes, " I am informed that 

 some coffee-growers keep bees on theaj- 

 plantations with the special view of having 

 the fruit-blossom fertilized." Mr. Barclay 



states that bees pollinate the coffee-blossom. 

 No comparative data have been collected. 

 Honey from the coffee-blossom is quite 

 delicious. The bloom lasts only about a 

 day, but the plant is in bloom for a week 

 at a time, three or four times a year. 



The banana produces large quantities of 

 pollen, and is freely visited by honeybees. 

 The plant has been called the most prodigal 



■ Rear row heads as they 

 come, left to right: 



G. H. Rea 

 C. C. Brinton 

 •lohn L. Du Bree 



iif the Pennsylvania State Beekeepers 



11. Samuel Gochenauer F 



12. .Jos. A. Eibel 1- ' 



13. .lulius A. Roehm 2. 1 



■isburg, Feb. 2.3-: 



„,l row, left lo 

 M. Groff 

 K. Hosletter 



-1. See page 215, Mn 



ight: 



6. J. 



4. H. C. Klinger. Sec'y 



R. Rambo 

 T. Dr. H. A. Surface, 



8. F. G. Po.\ 



9. -T. O. Busenian 



10. J. S. Shopc 



11. C N. Greene 



12. L. B. HuLer 



13. A. N. Coons 



14. P. J. Strittraattei 



17. Dr. Percival Herman 



