HONEY PRODUCTION.
-o EXPERIMENTS IN RUSSIA. LONDON, July 16. The enthusiastic desire of Soviet Russian leaders to see shock-wonders in as many industries of whatever kind as possible has spread to beehives. r l he Soviet Agricultural Institute claims that bees can now be induced to fertilise species of plants that they have hitherto not visited for the purpose of obtaining honey. An article in the current, issue of the scientific publication “Contemporary Biology” explaining the method by which this is done, states that plants not favoured by the hoes were sprayed with a thin syrup flavourd with the essence of flowers to which the bees were partial.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 57, Issue 247, 30 July 1937, Page 7
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108HONEY PRODUCTION. Ashburton Guardian, Volume 57, Issue 247, 30 July 1937, Page 7
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