THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Bee Business Buzzin' in Israel
By LILY EYLON
JERUSALEM — Bee-
keeping, or apiculture. has
become a major - industry in
modern Israel.
Bees like "settling" in Is-
rael because of the country's
climate and its profusion of
nectar-bearing flowers.
There are in Israel more
than 50,000 bee colonies,
which in the given territo-
rial and human size of the
country, amounts to an av-
erage of 12.5 hives per1,000
habitants.
The bees provide the raw
material for up to 2,000 tons
ey annually - of which
8
-cent is consumed
a
and 20 percent ex-
ported.
Thanks to ultra mod-
ern methods, Israelis
have managed to double
the production of honey
in the past 10 years.
Equipment such as
mobile extracting plants
on wheels, just being in-
troduced, is capable of
collecting 1,000 to 1,500
kilograms in an eight-
hour day. While the aver-
age yield per hive is 30-40
kilos (65 to 90 pounds),
some farmers in the
Upper Galilee region are
reported doubling this -
harvesting 60 or more
kilos per year.
A veteran Israeli bee fan-
cier and researcher, Y.H.
Blum, has devised a re-
volutionary method to ease
the world's threatened food
supplies, which could affect
both the production of
honey and world flora. His
suggestion, not treated so
seriously by some local
academics, but well re-
ceived by delegates at the
26th World Apiculture
Congress in Australia, in-
volves transporting swarms
of bees from place to place.
According to Blum, the
proposed transport will
utilize the bees'-"pollination
o power" much more effi-
ciently, and increase tenfold
the production of honey in
the world. Equally impor-
tant, he said, the system
will vastly stimulate the
growth of vegetation across
the globe, thus providing
more nectar, the raw mate-
rial for the production of
honey.
A method being used in
Israel with considerable
success is the system of ar-
ticifical insemination of the
queen bee. Because the
queen bee flies to the height
of 10 to 20 meters, where
she mates with several
males, there is no control
over her mating habits, the
re,-- -lts of which are vital to
ive. •
J.11:.is artificial insemi-
nation under the control
of the beekeeper, prac-
ticed in many beekeeping
colonies in the country,
may help to assure the
healthy continuation of
that particular hive.
Further research in Israel
which may lead to control of
the all important mating
process is going on at Help!
rew University's Faculty of
Agriculture Bee Center.
Scientist Michael Notkin
has pinned down valuable
information about
--
pheromone, a substance
emitted by male bees or
drones when mating, which
attracts other males to the
scene of action. New know-
ledge about the drawing
power of pheromone could
assist beekeepers in more
controlled breeding.
Other research currently
going
0
0 on at the Bee Center
in Rehovot under the direc-
tion of Prof. Yaacov Lensky
is investigation into the
question of which factors
determine whether a bee
larva becomes a queen or a
worker.
The professor, who to-
gether with his fellow re-
searchers at Hebrew Uni-
versity have been studying
this problem for eight years,
believes that one of the
main factors deciding the
bees' caste is the nutrition
the bee receives while still
in the larva stage.
The bee's efficiency in
crop pollination is valued
to the Israeli economy at
millions of dollars each
year. As a crop pollina-
tion agent of the first or-
der, the bee helps to in-
crease the yields in Is-
rael's diversified agricul-
ture, particularly in av-
ocado and deciduous
fruit tree plantations.
Bee by-products include
royal jelly, flower pollen
and beeswax, both for local
and export use. Israeli
know-how of apiculture is
also exported; Israeli ex-
perts travel to developing
countries to set up bee cor-
onies and to teach people
how to manipulate them.
Exports of queens is still
another branch of beekeep-
ing. Israel's temperate cli-
mate permits the breeding
of queens much earlier in
the year, and they are sub-
sequently exported to
beekeepers in Europe and in
Asia.
Strictly controlled by
professional authorities,
owners of large
apiaries breed their
queens from locally
grown, selected Italian
strains. In fact, the Ita-
lian bees, actually of
North American origin,
have totally replaced the
bad-tempered local st-
rain — Apis Mellifera
Syriaca.
the
Leon Roy, 65
Leon Roy, a pioneering
organizer of Shaarit Hap-
laytah, the organization of
survivors, died Sept. 1 at
age 65.
A survivor of the
Holocaust, Mr. Roy left his
native Russia and came to
Detroit in 1949. He worked
here as a tool and die worker
at Chrysler and did volun-
teer translating at Sinai
Hospital.
For many years a member
of the board of the Associa-
tion for Jewish Retarded, he
actively participated in ad-
vancing the cause.
Mr. Roy is survived by his
wife, Lydia; and a daughter,
Mary.
Alice Salzberg
Alice Salzberg, co-owner
of Salzberg Jewelry Co.,
Inc., died Aug. 30 at age 76.
Born in Germany, Mrs.
Salzberg was a -member of
Cong. Shaarey Zedek.
She leaves her husband,
Max; and four nephews.
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In Memory of
LEONARD E.
ADLER
April 10, 1922
September 7, 19'74
N
The Family
of the Late
WANDA
CHAIKEN
JULIUS
ROHLIK
Acknowledges with
grateful appreciation
the many kind ex-
pressions of sympathy
extended by relatives
and friends during the
family's recent be-
reavement.
Acknowledges with
grateful appreciation
the many kind ex-
pressions of sympathy
extended by relatives
and friends during the
family's recent be-
reavement.
OBITUARIES
GRAHAM BOOKMAN,
85, 26844 Notre Dame, In-
kster, died Sept. 4. Survived
by his wife, Betty: four sons,
Jerome, Bernard, Martin
and Nathaniel; six daugh-
ters, Mrs. Eleanor Boberich,
Mrs. Ruth Pelky, Sandra,
Mrs. Diane Moreno, Nancy,
Mrs. Sharon Cummings;
and grandchildren. Services
11 a.m. today at Hebrew
Memorial Chapel.
* * *
EDITH CHALOFF, 88,
23110 Avon, Oak Park, died
Sept. 2. Survived by her
husband, David; three
daughters, Mrs. Louis
(Shirley) Kanarek, Mrs.
Jack (Clara) Tabock and
Mrs. Irving (Pauline)
Goldberg; and four grand-
children. * *
MOLLIE S. COHEN, 73,
28301 Franklin, Southfield,
died Sept. 5. Survived by
two daughters, Mrs.
Seymour (Rose) Fenster and
Mrs. Ilene Sriro; and six
grandchildren.
* * *
ROSE LAPIDES, 87,
died Aug. 31. She leaves a
son, Hy G. of Lakewood,
N.J.; seven grandchildren
and five great-
grandchildren.
* * *
BEATRICE PEIMAN,
65, former Detroiter of Ojai,
Calif., died Sept. 5. Sur-
vived by a brother, Rabbi
Murray Peiman. of Culver
City, Calif.: and four sisters,
Mrs. Joshua S. (Yetta)
Sperka of Southfield, Mrs.
Morris (Sarah) Nobel of Oak
Park, Mrs. William
(Miriam) Roth of New York
City and Mrs. David (Ger-
trude) Mannes of Cincin-
nati, Ohio.
David Hearsh
Always in our hearts.
The Family
of the Late
r
MEYER EISENBERG
Acknowledges with grateful apprecia-
tion the many kind expressions of sym-
pathy extended by relatives and friends
during the family's recent bereavement.
SYLVIA M. PROUSER,
81, of Ann Arbor, died Aug.
29. She leaves two daugh-
ters, Mrs. Bailie (Brenda)
Imber and Mrs. Eileen Hop-
penstein of Brooklyn, N.Y.;
one sister in Israel and five
grandchildren. Interment
Harrisburg, Pa.
* * *
IRVIN ROSNER, 67,
died Sept. 4. He leaves his
wife, Ida; a son, Alan; two
daughters, Carol of Chicago
and Mrs. Philip (Evelyn)
Goodman; a brother, Jack; a
sister, Yetta; and four
grandchildren.
* * *
MILLICENT SILVER,
former Detroiter of Miami,
Fla., died Sept. 2. Survived
by three sisters, Stella Can-
ner of Southfield, Dora
Span- of Oak Park and Ceil
Glick of Hollywood, Fla.;
nieces and nephews. Inter-
ment Florida.
EVA SMITH, 82, died
Sept. 4. She leaves a
daughter-in-law, Mrs. Ros-
lyn Smith; two
grandchildren and relatives
in Israel.
* * *
HARRY SNIDER, 75,
former Detroiter of North
Miami Beach, Fla., died
Sept. 1. He leaves his wife,
Yetta; a son, Dr. Marvin
Snider of Waban, Mass.; a
daughter, Mrs. Gerald
(Irene) Mellin of Southfield;
a sister, Mrs. Leah Segal of
South
Africa;
five
grandchildren and two
great-grandchildren.
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at age 83.
Mr. Hearsh was chair-
man of several divisions in
the Jewish Federation cam-
paign in St. Louis and was
involved in Jewish and civic
charitable efforts.
He is survived by a
daughter, Mrs. Ivan
(Sandra) Scholnick of Bir-
mingham; two sons, How-
ard and Tilford, both of Mis-
souri: and eight
grandchildren.
Philip Golden
Wife Bessie; sons Sandy, Barry and De-
nnis; brothers, Harry and Jack; and sisters,
Mrs. Gussie Zuckerstein and Mrs. Jack
(Tybie) Levine,
The Family of the Late
Philip Golden, a real es-
tate and securities investor,
died Aug. 31 at age 86.
Born in Russia, Mr. Gol-
den was a member of Cong.
Beth Achim and the War-
saw Club of Detroit.
He leaves his wife, Ethel:
a son, Dr. Donald L.; two
daughters, Mrs. Irving
(Dorothy) Chaiken and Mrs.
Jack (Florence) Posar; 10
grandchildren and 10
great-grandchildren.
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Mrs. James (Laurie) Good-
friend of Glencoe, Ill.; and
two grandchildren.
* * *
HARRY R. SWITOW,
80, of Louisville, Ky., died
Sept. 1. He leaves his wife,
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Stanley T. (Joyce) Burkoff
of Bloomfield Hills; eight
grandchildren and seven
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friends. with the
traditional Memo-
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and Studying of
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PHILIP LANDSMAN
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ETHEL MALL
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LEO FLEKEL
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JOSEPH GOLDMAN
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FANNIE LIFSHITZ
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ARTHUR SCHECTER
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JACOB STEINBOCK
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BESSIE WEINGARDEN
19 11
HARRY WEISWASSER
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HERMAN DIAMOND
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IRVING S. KAUFMAN
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JULIUS KOZLOFF
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NECHEMIAH LIEBERMAN
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SAMUEL NORBER
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JOSEPH SAXER
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RUTH SCHWARTZ
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HARRIET WEINGARDEN
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ABRAHAM YASSKY
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ESTHER R. CARMEN
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ESTHER COHN
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PHILIP FORMAN
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NATHAN HESS
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