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Sl'RA\l.\(.i WHIN I HI-. i;i,()()M HAS lAI.I.KN. 



'-^^^' L'S'I' after the bloom has fallen is the right time to spray tiie trees, as 



that is the time the moth lays the eggs, when the fruit is forming. To 



_XD-|[iv" spray trees while in full bloom is a waste of time and materials, and 



^^Ifr"' ^^^^^^ <^o ^'^6 '""^'^ grower a/ij good, but kills bees by wholesale that 



>J/(X^ work on the blossoms at the time. If every fruit grower in every 



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^^^<L* locality was to spray his trees with poison while the trees were in full 

 'i?*'- bloom, it would kill every hive of bees in Ontario, and what would be 

 still worse, it would kill every family that used the honey after the bees were 

 poi.soned. ^\"hile on my rounds through the province inspecting hives of bees. 

 I heard the .sad news in many places of bees being poisoned by the spraying of 

 fruit trees while in full bloom. 1 brought this up at the Bee Convention held 

 latelv in London. 1 also moved, and Mr. Jacob .-Mpaugh seconded it, that 

 Messrs. Allen Pringle. 1\ A. (ienimill. and \\. I). Smith, a nurseryman at 

 Winona, be a committee to wait on the Minister of Agriculture to get an Act 

 passed fixing the jiroper time to spray trees, that is, after the blossoms have 

 fallen. I knew Mr. Smith to be a just man. and for the sake of having the 

 interest of the fruit growers looked after, as well as the bee keepers, I put 

 him on the committee with Mr. (iemmill and .Mr. Pringle, who are two of as 

 just men as can be found in any country. 1 see by the Hok i k iM tikist of 

 February, that we have been reported as wanting to prevent the spraying of fruit 

 trees altogether, which is a mistake. All we want is the proper time fixed for 

 spraying, which is just after the bloom has fallen. If the fruit grower sprays 

 when the bloom has just fallen, he will make a success of the spraying business, 

 and won't kill any bees. 



-Mr. Charles Haker. a nurseryman at London, said that the trees should not 

 be sprayed until after the bloom had fallen, and he voted for my nioiion to have 

 the time fixed for such work. ICvery real fruit grower agrees with me on this 

 j)oint, that is. when the bloom has just fallen. In the l-'ebruary No. of the 

 Hc)K rit L'l.TiRisT, the Editor says that if we would ask to have the spraying 

 done after the bloom hail fallen, that every fruit grower would agree to that. 

 Manv thanks to the ICditor for helping to '(w things so very nicely, by hitting on 

 the very way we want the .\(t passed, and then it will be in the interests of the 

 fruit grower and bee keeper. I am well pleased with the I lr)K ru ii ri'Kisr- 

 It is a journal that every fruit grower should take. 



IVoodlmni, W'tiilivorth County, On/. \\\\. .M* l'.\o\. 



Noi K \:\ I'jiiioK. — \\ ill we be transgri'ssing if we spray before tlie bl()on> 

 opens? We need to use a solution of copper, fi^r apple scab very early, 

 because it lives through the winter on the scales of the buds, and must be 

 destroyed before it spreads in spring. We hope there will be no antagonism 

 of interests between bee men and fruit growers, and |»robably then- will not. 



