12 Gleanings in Bee Culture 



WITH OUR ADVERTISERS AND READERS 



Seed and nursery advertisers have found Gleanings an unusually pro- 

 ductive field for their use, hence we are usually able to secure the best of this 

 advertising to put before our readers. If you haven't a reliable seedhouse in 

 your immediate vicinity from which you buy your seeds and plants, we urge 

 you to study the advertisements in the spring issues of Gleanings. p]ven if 

 you do buy your seeds locally, we presume your dealer handles stock from 

 some of the large producers, and you could not do better than to send for a 

 catalog and study its interesting pages. 



We never knew until a few days ago that there had really been produced 

 a dependable fall bearing strawberry; but from the interesting printed matter 

 sent us by an advertiser, it appears that we may now enjoy this delicious fruit 

 almost throughout the summer and fall season, and there ought to be a good 

 market also for those who are prepared to produce the berries commercially. 



Several of the well-known seedhouses are offering new flower and garden 

 varieties as well as improved and selected seeds and plants of the staples. It 

 is usually safe to buy the well-advertised seeds, for the publicity given through 

 the advertising and the printed matter sent out forces the producer to supply 

 nothing but the best, even on his smallest orders; for by this means his rep- 

 utation as a reliable dealer is established. 



To the owners of homes we would urge the advisability of a liberal setting 

 of fruit trees and fruit-yielding plants and bushes. There is a great deal of 

 satisfaction in not having to depend upon the market for fresh fruits for your 

 table; and an abundance of these and a good garden, no matter how small, 

 will help materially to reduce the high cost of living. 



Bees and fruit are so closely allied, because of the immense value of bees 

 to fruit-blossoms, that nearly all fruit-growers now keep a few colonies of bees, 

 and conversely all beekeepers could profitably raise some fruit, at least enough 

 of each variety for their own table. Fruit bloom in the early spring does 

 much to stimulate brood rearing so that the bees build up rapidly without 

 artificial feeding for the larger harvest later. The fruit produced on trees 

 where beehives are close by is always better and more abundant than where 

 there are no bees; indeed, bees are an absolute necessity to insure the proper 

 pollination of certain blossoms, and without their agency there is often no 

 fruit. It doesn't cost much more in the first place to get the choicest and best 

 varieties, and the results in a few years will more than justify the small addi- 

 tional expense for a right beginning. Horticulture advertisers are glad to send 

 full information as to planting and care of young trees and bushes, the soil to 

 which they are adapted, and the results that may reasonably be expected from 

 their stock. 



