. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. -vmm mm-B^icnn mmm jauRPtisiu. 253 '?'??^^?^^?^^^?^?^?^^j^^^^*^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^?^?^?^^^?^?^?^?^*—?-—?- sects vvbich prey upon tlio fruit-trees, or ouly acertaiu class; If tlie latter, to what class' Please giveiufornuitiou as far as is practiculile, to the foregoius questions, througli tlio Biii? JoOuNAi,. There are so many unprincipled persons who are too busty, or ignorant of the j)roper time, to use a |ioisonous remedy against insects ou fruit trees, that it- would he a boon to the bee-keeping interest of the country, if such means as is referred to w
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. -vmm mm-B^icnn mmm jauRPtisiu. 253 '?'??^^?^^?^^^?^?^?^^j^^^^*^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^?^?^?^^^?^?^?^?^*—?-—?- sects vvbich prey upon tlio fruit-trees, or ouly acertaiu class; If tlie latter, to what class' Please giveiufornuitiou as far as is practiculile, to the foregoius questions, througli tlio Biii? JoOuNAi,. There are so many unprincipled persons who are too busty, or ignorant of the j)roper time, to use a |ioisonous remedy against insects ou fruit trees, that it- would he a boon to the bee-keeping interest of the country, if such means as is referred to was generallj' known, and would give satisfaction. Lyons, N. Y. Elias Richmoni). [By request, Mr. Brickey, who first men- tioned the remedy in the Bee Journal, replies as folows to the above questions :— Ed.] In answer to Mr. Richmond, I would say : 1. I have no knowledge of this remedy being tried only on plum-trees against the curculio, but if other fruit is affected by the same insect, or any insect that climbs the tree, it will be effectual. 2. Apply before the insect climbs the tree—at least before the trees bloom; it is better to be in time, if the application has to be repeated. 3. Parties that have tried it, say once a year; but it is easy to renew. ?i. Mr. Wm. Bryant, of Audrain county. Mo., tried it iu 1861, on about ten trees, and left one without the application, and all the trees on which the string and tur- pentine were applied, had a full and perfect crop of fruit, and the one not so applied, had no perfect fruit. I saw him again in 1867, and he said that he had kept up the experiment with perfect satisfaction, and without a failure, as to a crop of plums each year on every tree tried; also in 1868 and 1869. Also, a Mr. Liberty and Mr. Burton Yocom, of Tom, Mercer county, Ky., have both tried it, and say that it never fails on plum-trees, and they say they will try it on other fruit trees. 5. As stated above, it has been tried only on plum-trees against th
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