and its Economic Management. 99 
The Author also sows sulphur thickly about the trees 
in Autumn, and while this helps to keep the moths away, 
it will be found most beneficial to the ground, both in 
cleansing the soil and in making its chemical constituents. 
more readily available as food for the trees. An occasional 
heavy dressing of ground lime will also be found beneficial 
in a similar manner, as this also renders available hitherto. 
insoluble matter. 
It should, however, not be forgotten that where trees. 
are actively growing and provided with every chemical 
requirement for maintaining that activity and fruitfulness, 
insect enemies and other pests make little or no impression 
upon them. 
A Disagreeable Feature 
in connection with bee-keeping, when carried out near 
towns, is that the bees will persist in visiting the fruiterers’ 
stalls. The. proprietors have of course every right to 
defend themselves from what, to them, is a_ perfect. 
plague, as they dare not expose anything sweet, or fruits. 
with the least sign of broken skins during the autumn. 
Frequently the bees outnumber wasps by hundreds until 
the fruit is black with them, and where possibly a wasp. 
only makes a beginning, the bees soon make a finish. 
Thousands of these innocent pilferers are trapped and 
destroyed like common wasps and flies, and no doubt in 
many instances the owners of the bees see their colonies. 
dwindling down to sheer uselessness, while helplessly 
looking on. One cannot persuade the fruit-seller to put 
all his wares under glass, and the usual netting is of little 
avail. So die the bees must, unless the apiarist takes. 
active means to prevent these dishonest visits. If he does. 
not, he not only deserves to suffer, but has no right to. 
keep bees that are a nuisance to his neighbour. 
