Agriculture for beginners . -ield of honey mav oftenbe increased by pro\iding specialpasturage for the bees. The lindentree, for example, besides beingornamental and valuable for timber,produces a most bee-inviting , clover, and most of the leg-umes and mints are valuable plantsto furnish pasture for bees. Catnipmay be cultivated for the bees andsold as an herb as spraying fruit trees to prevent disease you shouldalways avoid sprapng when the trees are in bloom, since thepoison of the sprav seriously endangers the lives of bees. The eggs laid by the queen, if they are to pr
Agriculture for beginners . -ield of honey mav oftenbe increased by pro\iding specialpasturage for the bees. The lindentree, for example, besides beingornamental and valuable for timber,produces a most bee-inviting , clover, and most of the leg-umes and mints are valuable plantsto furnish pasture for bees. Catnipmay be cultivated for the bees andsold as an herb as spraying fruit trees to prevent disease you shouldalways avoid sprapng when the trees are in bloom, since thepoison of the sprav seriously endangers the lives of bees. The eggs laid by the queen, if they are to produce workers,require about t^vent^-one days to bring forth the perfect newly hatched bee commences life as a nurse. A\henabout ten days old it begins to tr\ its wings in short flights,and a few days later it begins active work. The life of aworker bee in the busy season is only about six weeks. Youmay distinguish voung exercising bees from real workersby the fact that they do not fly directly away on emerging. Fig. :65. A Cakniolax QUEEX DOMESTIC ANIMALS J89
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