. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. Feb. 21, 1901. AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 127 under a fall apple-tree which bore apples about the color of lemons, and two under a winter apple-tree, the apples having- a brownish color irusty coats), and the worms from these trees dropt on the hives underneath them, and workt their way into the hives and around the sides, and in each instance the worms were the color of the apples in the tree above the hive on which they fell. It is my opinion that the worms that fall from the trees and crawl into the hives are the color of the tree from which they carae u
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. Feb. 21, 1901. AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 127 under a fall apple-tree which bore apples about the color of lemons, and two under a winter apple-tree, the apples having- a brownish color irusty coats), and the worms from these trees dropt on the hives underneath them, and workt their way into the hives and around the sides, and in each instance the worms were the color of the apples in the tree above the hive on which they fell. It is my opinion that the worms that fall from the trees and crawl into the hives are the color of the tree from which they carae until they become millers. The worms which g^ot into the col- ony under the grape-vines were of a natural color. I went into the country to visit a friend, and while I was there he made apple-cider, and askt me to help him, which I did. We went to the orchard and gathered the very best of the ap- ples, cutting out the cores and all the rotten and worm-eaten spots. After throwing the cores away I noticed hundreds of millers gathering on them, then I lookt up and saw as many among the trees, and some of them alighted on the apples. The next morning I examined the apples, and found that the millers were stinging them, and planting their eggs in those that were ripe or matured. The millers sting the apples at the stem, at the blossom end, and on all sides, and when the eggs are hatcht into worms they work themselves toward the heart of the apple. Iwould like to know if it does any good to spray the trees while they are in blossom. Some of our professors claim that the eggs that are laid in the blossoms are killed when the trees are sprayed. I do not believe it does any good to the trees, as my obser- vation is 'hat the millers plant their eggs in the apples after they have matured. August Rosenberger. Iroquois Co., 111., Dec. 10, 1900. [See the article on spraying fruit, on page 120 of tliis number.—Editor.] Convention Xotioe. California.—The annual convention of the Cali
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