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3. Co-operation of the manufacturer and distributor of spray- 

 ing materials, compounds and apparatus might be enlisted, to 

 the end of furthering the educational campaign for sane spray- 

 ing practices and the protection of bees. 



4. Development of spraying compounds which shall be re- 

 pellant to bees. This, at the writer's suggestion several years 

 ago, attracted the attention of scientists; it is hoped that ben- 

 efits will result, yet it must be remembered that such experi- 

 mentation is necessarily of slow progress. 



Legislative Measures. 

 For several years past bills have been introduced in the 

 Legislature of ]\Iassachusetts, in an effort to protect beekeeping. 

 In 1915 several conferences have been held between those in- 

 terested in the cause, resulting in an effort to procure funds for 

 the dissemination of useful information concerning spraying 

 practices, this work to be under the direction of the State Board 

 of Agriculture. 



Opinions concerning Economic Factors involved. 



The problem involves economic factors which affect not only 

 the beekeeper but the orchardist, market gardener, the general 

 farmer, the forester, and even the municipality. Opinions have 

 been gathered, therefore, bearing upon these phases of the 

 subject. 



It may safely be said that there is a consensus of opinion 

 among well-informed fruit growers, especially in Massachusetts 

 and New England, that arsenical sprays may usually be applied, 

 even with their fullest efficiency, so as not to kill bees. Bearing 

 upon this point the State Nursery Inspector, Dr. H. T. Fer- 

 nald,' writes: — 



There is no doubt that by spraying in the right way, at the right times, 

 you can greatly increase your crops and your profits. . . . Spray with 

 arsenate of lead [for the apple worm; codling moth] as for the bud moth, 

 after the blossoms have fallen, but within ten days after. . . . While the 

 blossoms are still on the tree, they are so large, — other parts also, — that 

 they prevent much of the spray from reaching the calyx cup. While the 

 trees are in full blossom, too, the bees visit them and set the fruit. If 



' Poster, 1915, "Fruit Growers of Massachusetts." 



