. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. \pril, I'Jia. American l^ee Journal •.:. for bees are not in llic lialiit of going ulicre there is nothing for them to get I In the other hand, where there are no 'lees there is pretty certain to be more r less a failure of the crop. In the .ist number of Gleanings one of the Ca- nadian officials is reported as saying that he believes the benefit obtained from bees U in the way of fertilizing blossoms amounts to live times as much as the honey they gather. Glad you have struck upon a spray that does not injure bees. Perhaps it is the new dilute lime a
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. \pril, I'Jia. American l^ee Journal •.:. for bees are not in llic lialiit of going ulicre there is nothing for them to get I In the other hand, where there are no 'lees there is pretty certain to be more r less a failure of the crop. In the .ist number of Gleanings one of the Ca- nadian officials is reported as saying that he believes the benefit obtained from bees U in the way of fertilizing blossoms amounts to live times as much as the honey they gather. Glad you have struck upon a spray that does not injure bees. Perhaps it is the new dilute lime and sulphur solution, which, it is claimed, does no harm to bees, because the smell of the sulphur is so disagreeable that the bees will not touch it. Bahlia Flowers and Bees In his Hharrnaceutishc Praxis. Dr. Hager states that " dahlia flowers are poisonous to ; .Vol. i. page 718). Kindly tell me if his statement is true. Soith America. Answer.—I don't know. It's the first time I've ever seen such a statement. Can any of our readers tell anything about it? The fact is that I have never noticed bees work- ing on the flowers of the dahlia. But nearly all that I have seen are double flowers, and botanically such flowers are a sort of mons- trosity, on which bees do not work as they do on the single varieties. Curing European Foul Brood Last tall I found European foul brood in my ar iary. I destroyed 4 colonies, but I am afraid I will find plenty of it in the spring, so I ask you to put me on the right track to get rid of it. I have about 45 colonies. Kentucky. Answer.—'You have made the mistake made by so many, of skipping in your read ing the things written about foul brood until the enemy is upon you. It's ever so much better to be prepared in advance for the at- tack. The first question is whether the dis- ease is. as you say. European foul brood, or whether it is something else. Fortunately vou have a good friend at 'Washington. Write to Dr. E. F. Phillips
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