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THE BEEKEEPERS' REVIEW 



Th:^ isTatinnnl B^BkcBp^rs' ^s^xxtxnixmx hit, 



^nd its Affiliated ^Jcssnciatians 



Officers Directors 



DR. BURTON N. GATES, President 



Amherst, Mass. 



FRANK C. PELLETT, Vice President 



Atlantic, Iowa 



WESLEY FOSTER. Secretary-Treasurer 



Boulder, Colorado 



DR. BURTON N. GATES, Chairman 



E.' ' D. ' TO WN SEND ......... Northstar', Mich] 



E. G. CARR New Egypt, N. J. 



GEORGE W. WILLIAMS Redkey, Ind. 



J. H. STONEM AN Blackfoot, Idaho 



E. J. BAXTER Nauvoo, Illinois 



Mftltatcri .Associations and Tttcir Secretaries 



ARIZONIA HONEY EXCHANGE 



G. M. Frizzell, Temple, Ariz. 



ADIRONDACK— H. E. Gray 



Fort Edward, N. Y. 



COLORADO— Wesley Foster Boulder, Colo. 



CHICAGO NORTHWESTERN — E. H. 



Bruner. 3836 N. 44th Ave., Chicago, 111. 

 HAMPSHIRE — HAMPDEN — FRANKLIN 



Dr. Burton N. Gates Amherst, Mass. 



TWIN FALLS— C. H. Stinson 



Twin Falls, Ida. 



IDAHO HONEY PRODUCERS' ASS'N — 



F. C. Bowman Idaho Falls. 



IDAHO— OREGON HONEY PRODUCERS' 



ASS'N INC.— P. S. Farreil 



New Plymouth, Idaho. 



ILLINOIS— Jas. A. Stone 



Rt. 4, Springfield, 111. 



INDIANA— Geo. W. Williams Redkey, Ind. 



IOWA— S. W. Snyder Center Point, la. 



KANSAS— O. A. Keen Topeka, Kansas. 



MASS. SOCIETY OF BEEKEEPERS { East- 

 ern)— Benjamin P. Sands, 1051 Old S. 



Bldg., Boston. 

 MONTANA— Percy F. Kolb, 134 Broadwater 



Ave., Billings. , 



MICHIGAN— F. E. Millen East Lansing 



MINNESOTA— F. W. Ray, Minneapolis, Minn. 



MISSOURI APICULTURAL SOCIETY 



INC.— Austin D. Wolfe Parksville. 



NEW -lERSEY- E. G. Carr. .New Egypt, N. J. 

 N. CALIFORNIA— Alwin P. Helm 



16, Fair Oaks, Calif. 



N. MICHIGAN— Ira D. Bartlett 



East Jordan, Mich. 



OHIO— F. R. King Creola, Ohio. 



OREGON— Floyd E. Smith Dallads, Ore. 



THE NEW MEXICO BRANCH 



Henry C. Barron Hagerman, N. M. 



PENNSYLVANIA— H. C. Klinger 



Liverpool, Pa. 



PUERTO RICO— J. W. VanLeenhoff 



Ponce, Puerto Rico, 11 Marina, Ct. 

 SOUTH IDAHO AND EAST OREGON 



R. D. Bradshaw Fayette, Ida. 



TENNESSEE— J. M. Buchanan 



Franklin, Tenn. 



TEXAS— H. E. Graham Cause, Texas 



VERMONT— P. E. Crane Middlebury, Vt. 



VINTON BEEKEEPERS' ASS'N 



E. J. Winder Vernal, Utah. 



WASHINGTON— S. King Clover, R. No. 1. 



Mabton, Wash. 



WISCONSIN— Gus Dittmer Augusta, Wis. 



WORCESTER COUNTY— J. S. Whitte- 



more Leicester, Mass. 



feed upon the nectar of the blossoms and climbing about over them in search 

 of it aid in cross pollenization. In localities where it is followed the honey 

 bees will be destroyed and one of our local beekeepers suffered much loss from 

 the spraying of a single orchard that he was compelled to move to an entirely 

 different locality. 



It is a common recommendation of this station to suggest bees for the 

 orchard and farm, both for the value received from the cross fertilization of 

 fruits and the surplus honey secured. 



In view of this recommendation I will state that in Oregon we have the 

 tussock moth, canker worm and several caterpillars which cause more or less 

 damage to the fruit, but only in one instance have they caused enough damage 

 to make it necessary to consider methods of control other than those now in use. 



In localities where it becomes necessary to combat these early feeding 

 caterpillars, the spray should be applied before the blossom buds open. At 

 that time the young caterpillars will be feeding and should be more easily de- 

 stroyed than a week or ten days later. 



There may be some opposition to this extra application on account of the 

 cost, but surely the value of the cross fertilized fruit over the self fertilized 

 will be more than the cost of spraying. 



Just how much we can depend upon the wind and air currents for distrib- 

 uting pollen is hard to say, but several investigators have carried on experi- 

 ments which tend to show that not as much pollen is distributed in this way as 

 as one would expect. 



In conclusion I would suggest that the fruit growers of every state 

 should be careful about spraying when the trees are in bloom and such' a prac- 

 tice should only be resorted to as the last and final means of insuring a crop 

 of perfect apples. 



