Bees and Fruit Growing 
There are several classes of fruit 
growers that for the purpose of this 
discussion may be divided into the fol¬ 
lowing classes: (No. 1) those who do 
not know the value of bees and are 
honestly seeking information: (No. 2) 
those who have tried out a few bees in 
their orchards and see no apparent 
benefit from them; (No. 3) those who 
spray or dust their trees at the wrong 
time, killing the bees, and then won¬ 
der why they are of no benefit; (No. 4) 
those who know the value of bees as 
pollinators and wish to know when 
and where to get them, or whether 
they shall rent or buy; (No. 5) those 
who own bees and wish to know how 
to take care of them and get a crop of 
honey as well as of fruit; (No. 6) those 
who ignorantly believe that the doubt¬ 
ful good bees do is more than offset by 
the alleged damage they do in punc¬ 
turing fruit or spreading blight among 
their trees. 
The beekeeper has been furnishing 
colonies of bees too weak to get results 
in orchards and the fruit grower has 
not understood the conditions neces¬ 
sary for bees to do proper work in pol¬ 
lination in orchards. There have been 
disappointments and dissatisfaction on 
both sides. To remove these difficul¬ 
ties is the purpose of this booklet. 
What is Meant by Pollination? 
Before these questions can be satis¬ 
factorily answered, a preliminary 
statement should be made regarding 
