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Bees Valuable to Horticulture. 



By careful management and by employing some help in certain 

 seasons, horticulture— small fruits and orcharding— may likewise be 

 profitably undertaken without interfering with apiary work. Bee cul- 

 ture and horticulture may in fact be combined to mutual advantage. 

 The nectar from the fruit bloom is always regarded as an advantage 

 and comes when nectar from other sources is not available. 



In flying from flower to flower bees carry pollen and thus produce 

 cross-pollination. They ai-e of value also in the pollination of buckwheat, 

 the clovers, and of many other farm cr(jps. Horticulturists have learned 

 to appreciate this service so highly for orchards and small fruit gardens 

 that few commercial fruit growers will be without a good-sized apiary 

 in the orchard if there are no bees in flying reach. It is impossible to 

 measure the good that is accomplished in this way, but since many 

 varieties of fruits are not fertile to their own pollen, it is obvious that 

 were it not for the bees and other insects which carry pollen there would 

 be much less fruit. Of course not all the pollen is carried by honey- 

 bees, but this is the only species of insect which may be taken to the 

 orchard to insure pollination. 



TTncIe Sam, 

 Your Filund. 



No other friend or 

 relative ever made 

 such liberal pro- 

 Tisoni!or disabled 

 men returning 

 from a war ar 

 your Uncle Sam 

 has made for you. 



In addition to the 

 excellent medical 

 and reconstruc- 

 tion service for 

 men in the hos- 

 pitals, he has au- 

 thorized the Fed- 

 eral Board for 

 Vocational Edu- 

 cation to see to it 

 that you shall, il 

 you are entitled 

 to the benefits ol 

 the war -risk in- 

 surance act, have 

 opportunity, 

 if you want It and 

 need it, to be 

 trained and 

 placed in any one 

 of the hundreds 

 f occupations 

 which the rich 

 life of America 

 offers. 



It is tho duty ol 

 the Federal Board 

 to provide this 

 training for you 

 in school, office, 

 shop, factory, 

 farm, or anywhere 

 else it becomes 

 necessary in order 

 to help you go 

 "over the top" 

 successfully into 

 civil life. 



Not only will you 

 receive this in- 

 struction free, but 

 you and your de- 

 pendents will he 

 properly support- 

 ed by the Gov- 

 ernment wh i 1 e 

 you are in train- 

 ing. 



Fig. 19. — A pretty swarm on a limb. 



The Work of the Beekeeper. 



The average citizen has but a vague idea of the duties required of 

 the beekeeper for success. The idea prevails commonly that bees 

 require but little care. That is all wrong. Careful study, frequent 

 attention, and real work are essential. The work of the year may be 

 briefly summarized as follows: First, the beekeeper provides such con- 

 ditions as will encourage the colonies to produce young "workers" 



