. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. while providing- for their own in- terest. Wild honeybees, traditional helpers of Jersey growers, have been diminishing as controlled burning and other advanced for- estry practices have reduced the underbrush which typically sur- rounds most of the bogs. Put back the bees and they'll put back the berries. That was Dr. Filmer's advice. Experimental plots where domesticated "pack- aged bees" were placed at one colony per acre showed yields 50 per cent above the state average. Doubling the bee poulation (up to the vicinity
. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. while providing- for their own in- terest. Wild honeybees, traditional helpers of Jersey growers, have been diminishing as controlled burning and other advanced for- estry practices have reduced the underbrush which typically sur- rounds most of the bogs. Put back the bees and they'll put back the berries. That was Dr. Filmer's advice. Experimental plots where domesticated "pack- aged bees" were placed at one colony per acre showed yields 50 per cent above the state average. Doubling the bee poulation (up to the vicinity of 100,000 bees per acre) hiked cranberry production another 60 pef cent. Dr. Filmer's thoroughly-satisfied friends the bees could have pushed the state average above 20 barrels per acre for the first time. And that's only the beginning. Some- day, the Rutgers scientist predicts, 100 barrels will be possible — a seven-time multiplication of this 81,750,000 Jersey crop. It's a combination that figures to make everyone happy. The honeybees consider cranberry pol- len a delicacy. Dr. Filmer, aS an entomologist, delights to see man and insect teaming up so happily together. And no one will be hap- pier than the cranberry growers, even though learning to handle colonies of packag-ed bees may find some of them eating their cranberries standing up! Minot Food Packers Expand Minot Food Packers, Inc., has announced the purchase of the ad- joining American Can Company building in Bridgeton, N. J. The building, formerly a warehouse, contains approximately 70,000 sq. feet. This will enable Minot, pri- marily Packers of Cranberry Sauce and Sweet Potatoes, to expand their operations. They will add new items to their line and engage in Custom Packing. They are also contemplating leasing portions of- the building for warehouse The Rutgers entomologist is shown with an open hive of bees. Seyen. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been dig
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