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The Fruit Grower is largely indebted to the honey-bee 
for the abundance of his crops ; while the Farmer 
would not be able to rely on seed crops if there were 
no bees to fertilise the blossoms. Consequently the 
farmer and fruit grower should either encourage any 
local bee-owner, or otherwise keep bees close at hand, 
thus ensuring the best possible results. 
CHAPTER VIII. 
THE AGRICULTURIST AND FRUIT 
GROWER. 
HE value of crops suitable for bee-forage has been 
C shown by the preceding chapter. The bee-keeper 
who is also a farmer therefore has every advantage 
and can make profit in several ways. But while it is 
necessary that the extensive bee-keeper should also be a 
farmer, it is quite as important that the agriculturist should 
keep a few stocks for the sole purpose of fertilising the 
clover, turnip, rape, and other crops he may save for seed, 
if it happens that few bees are cultivated in his neighbour- 
hood. 
It should be distinctly understood that the more bees 
that can be obtained as fertilising agents, the more seed 
will be perfected, as well as more fruit. Single hives 
have been placed in cucumber and peach houses, and 
though some bees are of course lost in the first instance, 
the younger portion of the population never having flown 
outside, have no difficulty in finding their way about. The 
results have been reported to be most satisfactory, and the 
plan should be more extensively adopted. 
