A Note on Honeybees 



In a recent issue of BeeKeeping Notes, -c . k. Snaw of 

 the Department of ii^ntoniology says that honeybees are especially 

 suitea as pollinators for the follov;ing reasons: (1) They are more 

 constant to one kind of flower. Experimental studies shov^f that BO^ 

 of the honeybees confine their activities to one kind of blossom 

 during a trip, (2) they are the only insects usea as pollinators 

 that can be distributea where ana when desirea, ana they work unuer 

 less favoraule conaitions of light ana temperature than ao solitary 

 bees . 



i^oncerning the I'elative efficiency of Package vs. Col- 

 ony Bees this interesting bit of information is presentea, based on 

 an expei'iment by C. L. -tarrar several years ago: 



Type of Colony -"-ve. Number of Bees flying per Min. 

 b lb. Package lb 



5 " " 48.5 



Of " '-'verv/interea Colony 64.5 



7 " " " 12d.5 



It y/ill be notea that, under the conditions of the ex- 

 periment, the 5i lb. Overwinterea Colony provea more efficient than 

 the 5 lb. Package. 



Fruit Insect Observations in the hugson Valley 



vve have recently receivea a "first Appearance" Table of 

 fruit insects in the Hudson Valley covering the 9 yr. perioa, 1951- 

 1939. The two aates following each insect represent the earliest 

 and latest on whicli the first specimen was observea: i5ua Moth, 

 Apr. 10-Apr. £5. Grain Aphis, Mar. 25-Apr. 10. Rosy -n-phis, Apr. 4- 

 Apr. 20. kea Bug, Apr. 22-May 11. i:^ea Mite (n.ymph), Apr. 20-May 5. 

 Plum Curculio, May 5-May 22. "white Apple Leaf hopper, Apr. 29-May 

 12. Coaling Moth (entrance), June 4-June 14. Apple Maggot (fly), 

 June 10- June 25. Raspberry Beetle, Apr. 20-May 16. Pear Miage, 

 Apr. lo-j^pr. CO. Pear Psylla (aault), Mar. 15-Apr. 2. (egg), Mar. 

 22-Apr. 9, (nymph), Apr. 17-May 10. btrawberry vveevil, May 5-May 20. 



The Fight j-t-gainst /^oaling Moth in the Northwest 



A glance at the Washington otate spray schcaule for ap- 

 ples shoula make any Massachusetts tipple grower thankful ne lives 

 in a section v/here the climate cooperates in controlling coaling 

 moth. In the above spray scheaule, 6 cover sprays plus an aaaition- 

 al emergency spray are recomiuenaea in those areas with moaerate to 

 severe infestation. Ana to renaer the lead arsenate more effective, 

 a herring oil-kerosene mixture emulsifiea with an oleate, is aaaea. 

 To further complicate matters, the scheaule ana materials must be 

 variea in aocoraance vvith the presence or absence last year of the 

 Pacific Mite, i/ve note also that the woras " bpray x ho roughly occur 

 on the print ea spray chart 19 times, while Vvatch i'our Coverage ap- 

 pears four times. Imagine coaling motn getting through a program 

 of that kina. 



