The Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Victoria . Journal of Agriculture^ Victoria. [lo Jan., 1912. BEES AXD SPllAYING. E. E. Pcscott. Principal. Horticultural School, Burnley, andF. R. Beulnic, Bee Ex-pert. The establishment of an apiaiv at the Burnley Horticultural Gardenshas furnished an opportunity for obser\-ing and recording data regarding^the working of bees among fruit trees, and the effect of the various orchardoperations upon the bees. The apiarv was established during the springof last yea;r ; and, although it is too earl\ to any definite con-clusions, certain obse
The Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Victoria . Journal of Agriculture^ Victoria. [lo Jan., 1912. BEES AXD SPllAYING. E. E. Pcscott. Principal. Horticultural School, Burnley, andF. R. Beulnic, Bee Ex-pert. The establishment of an apiaiv at the Burnley Horticultural Gardenshas furnished an opportunity for obser\-ing and recording data regarding^the working of bees among fruit trees, and the effect of the various orchardoperations upon the bees. The apiarv was established during the springof last yea;r ; and, although it is too earl\ to any definite con-clusions, certain observations have already l<een made which may somewhatupset \arious theories regarding the action of sprays upon the bees. It is an accepted fact that the bee is the most useful of all insectsfor the purposes of conveying pollen from flower to flower for fertilizationpurposes. It was pointed out last vear, in the Januarv and April numbers. A rORTION OF THE BURNLEY APIARY. of the Journal, that bees were of great service to the orchardist in assistingto increase the yield of fruit. It is also known that to exclude bees andother insects from the trees at the time when the}- are in blossom is sureto result in a considerably reduced fruit crop. It is often considered that bees are able to collect a good store of honeyfrom fruit tree blossom, and that the yield of frviit tree hone\- comes ata time when the bees urgently need it for brood rearing. That may be soin other countries, but it does not appear to be so in Australia. Here,the nectar flow seems to be somewhat weak, and insufficient in quantity forthe necessities of the bees. A Victorian during the past .seasonremoved his bee colonies from his home to a district where the bees hadan available range over 15,000 fruit trees. He ultimately found that thehers were starving, and he had to remove them to a more suitable may thus be found that the chief u
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