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p. 29: The number of species of insects acting as fruit pol- 
lenators in southern Ven Jersey is small; the number of individuals 
other than honeybees is small, the lack of pollenizers being most 
serious in apple and pear orchards situated in cultured areas, less 
serious adjacent to uncultivated land, and not a problem at all on 
cranberry bogs, surrounded, as they are, with woodland, and blooming 
two months later than apple and pear. 
Honeybees and bumblebees are the most important insect polleni- 
zers in southern New Jersey, The ease with which honeybees can be 
supplied as needed is the deciding factor in making them the most 
dependable pollenizers. 
Johnston, S. 
1927. Pollination, an important factor in successful pear production. 
Mich. State Hort. Soc. Ann. Rpt. 1927: 196-199. 
p. 199: Bees or other suitable insects are therefore 
necessary for pollen transfer. While other insects carry pollen to 
some extent, the honeybee has no equal in this respect. Unfortunately, 
tame bees have been greatly reduced in numbers throughout the State 
by foulbrood, a very serious disease of bees, while the wild bees have 
been greatly reduced in numbers through the extermination of our forests 
and the thoughtless cutting and robbing of bee trees . 
Legasse, F. S. 
1928. Proper pollination of fruit blossoms. Del. Univ. Agr. Ext. Bui. 
15, 20 pp. 
p. 5: Poor sets of fruit have long been associated with 
rainy weather during the blossoming season. We have learned that this 
is due to the fact that honey bees, particularly the domesticated ones, 
do not fly extensively during rainy, cool, and windy weather, rather 
than to the effect of the rain on the blossoms themselves. This is 
another condition over which we have little control. The only possible 
remedy lies in the harboring of greater numbers of certain wild in- 
sects, such as the wild honey bee, which fly under weather conditions 
that cause the domesticated bee to cling closely to the hive. However . 
the prevalent system of clean cultivation and cover crops, furnishes 
no nesting place for the wild bees and is not conducive to their mul- 
tiplication in our orchards . 
Murneek, A. E. 
1930. Fruit pollination. Mo. Agr. Expt. St a. Bui. 283, U. pp. 
p.l: Almost all fruit grown in Missouri are pollinated by 
insects. Wind is no factor in fruit pollination. When the orchard 
is small and there is a great deal of waste land in close proximity, 
enough wild bees, bumble bees and other insects may be present in the 
spring to be of benefit in pollination. But in a region where most of 
