PRODUCTION OF HONEY.
EXPERIMENTS IN RUSSIA. The enthusiastic desire of Soviet Russian leaders to see {shock-workers in as many industries of whatever kind as possible has spread to beehives. Ihe Soviet Agricultural Institute claims that boss ca.n now be induced to fertilise species of plants that they lmve hitherto not visited for the purpose of obtaining honey. . An article in the current issue or the scientific publication Contemporary Biology explaining the method by which 'this is done, states that plants not favoured by the bees were sprayed with a thin syrup flavoured with the essence of flowers to which the bees were partial.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 203, 28 July 1937, Page 9
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103PRODUCTION OF HONEY. Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 203, 28 July 1937, Page 9
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