. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 454 AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL July 19, 1900. fine, well-developt berries of the best quality, while the iso- lated one will yield but few bunches of scattered berries. A great many varieties of apples, plums and pears are self-sterile, and in order to bear perfect fruit must be cross- pollinated with pollen of other varieties of the same species. Cross-fertilization is strictly necessary for small fruits, such as raspberries, g-ooseberries, etc. In some seasons, when apples, plums, pears and cherries bloom, the weather is often unfavorable for pollination.
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 454 AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL July 19, 1900. fine, well-developt berries of the best quality, while the iso- lated one will yield but few bunches of scattered berries. A great many varieties of apples, plums and pears are self-sterile, and in order to bear perfect fruit must be cross- pollinated with pollen of other varieties of the same species. Cross-fertilization is strictly necessary for small fruits, such as raspberries, g-ooseberries, etc. In some seasons, when apples, plums, pears and cherries bloom, the weather is often unfavorable for pollination. It may be too cold and too wet, and the pollen remains too moist and too sticky. If during- such seasons there would be but a few hours of sunshine, while the bees in great numbers would visit the blossoms, fruit would set abundantly, and a good crop would be the result. If, however, during the few hours of sunshine no bees would visit the bloom, very little fruit would set. The honey-bee was wisely created to perform the trans- mission of pollen, its body being covered, especially on the underside, with many fine hairs of a compound, feather-like nature. When a bee alights on a flower, and whirls around on the same, its hairy body is soon loaded with pollen. Ar- riving on the next blossom some of the pollen comes in contact with the stigma of that flower, and is fertilized. Thirty to 35 years ago fruits were more perfect and abundant. At that time there were ten colonies of bees to one at present, in this locality. In those days fruit-trees when in bloom fairly swarmed with bees. Mark the change in the spring when trees are blooming. Compare the num- ber of bees you may see among the blossoms with those of former days. Thirty-five years ago almost everybody kept bees. Our forests were then full of hollow trees where runaway swarms found lodging-places. From there they would swarm the next season. Runaway swarms from the api- aries, and swarms from the woods, were caught and p
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