Agriculture today : reel 12, part 1
- F1981:02/012.01
- Item
- [between 1959 and 1973]
The item consists of a reel of 16 mm film which includes the following:
Device used for pruning in orchards. Checking bud formations. Tractor pulling sprayer for weed control. In Vernon, district horticulturalist examines the bud formation on a branch. Apple picking; loading filled bins onto a truck. Cider making. Beehives. Collecting pollen from beehives with a pollen trap; selecting, cleaning, measuring and bagging [pollen?] for human consumption. Adding frames to the hives. The brood frame. Feeder bees, drones, a queen bee. Beekeeper working with hives. Label: "Silver Star Apiaries, Vernon, B.C."