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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTDEE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



r August 22, 1865. 



the names of gentlemen willing to subscribe to a fund for the 

 purpose. If preferred the amount might be divided into say 

 three prizes, to be added to the Birmingham Council prizes, or 

 competition for the cup or cups might be limited to the birds 

 belonging to subscribers to the fund. — R. B. Postans, Brent- 

 wood, Essex, 



DURHAM POULTEY SHOW.— August 8th. 



The following ai*c the awards made on this occasion ; — ■ 



Spanish. — First, J. Shorthose, Newcastle-on-Tyne. Second, .T. Rickerby, 

 Dm-ham. Chickens, — First, R. Tate, Leeds. Second and HighJy Com- 

 mended, J. Shorthose, 



Dorking, — First, J, Gimson, Whitehaven. Second, Mrs. Clark, Chester- 

 le-Strcet. Chicktn.-i. — J, Bell. Thornton-le-Moors, Northallerton. Second 

 and Highly Commended, Mrs. Clark. 



Bbahma Pootra. — First, F. Powell, Knaresborough. Second, Rev, A, D. 

 Shafto, Braucepeth, Durham. Highly Commended, H. Marshall, Durham. 

 Chickem. — First and Second, H. Lacy, Hebden Bridge, 



CocHrN-CniNA, — First, Rev, A, D, Shafto, Brancepeth, Second, J, Short- 

 hose, Newcastle, Chickens. — First, Rev. A. D. Shafto. Second, Rev. J. G. 

 MUner, Bellerby. 



Game.— First, J. Wilson, Tndhoe. Second, J. Sutton, Draham (Brown- 

 breasted). 



Hambttr gh (Gold or Silver-pencilled, or Spangled).— First, Second, and 

 Highly Commended, A. R. Woods, Em-nside, Kendal (Golden-spangled, 

 Silver-pencilled, and Silver-spangled), Commended, T. Fail-burn, Dun- 

 wellpit, East Rainton (Golden), ChickcTi^. — First, A, R, Woods (Silver- 

 Bpangled), Second, R, Tate, Leeds, Commended, T. Faii-bum (Golden- 

 spangled). 



Eantajsis.— Fii'st and Second, J, Shoi-those, Newcastle-on-Tyne. Highly 

 Commended. T. C. Harrison, HuU, 



Ducks (Aylesbm-y). — Prize, Mrs, Clark, Ducklings. — Prize, Mrs. Clark. 



Ducks (Rouen), — Prize, O, A, Young, Driffield, Ducklimis. — First, H, 

 Marshall, Durham. Second, Miss Robinson, Pittington Haligai-th, 



Geese, — Prize, O. A. Young, Driffield. 



Peacock. — Prize, H. Marshall, Durham, twenty years of age. 



Pigeons. — Carriers. — Prize, J. Emmerson, Durham, Tumblers {XlmonA). 

 — Prize, G, Procter and T. Pringle, Durham. Commended, T. Rule. 

 Tumblers (Any other variety). — Prize, T. Rule. Commended, H. Y'ardley, 

 Birmingham. Fetntails. — Prize, H. Yardley. Commended, T. Rule. 

 Trumpeters. — Prize, T. Rule. Commended, H. Y'ardley. Barbs. — Prize, 

 H. Yardlev. Commended, T, Rule, Jacobins. — Piize, T. Rule. Com- 

 mended, H, Yardley. Tiirbits.~Vri7.e, T. Rule, Commended, R, Tate, 

 Leeds. Ou'ls. — Prize, R, Thompson, Sunnybrow, Willington, Commended, 

 T. Rule. Powters. — Prize, .T. J, Wilson, Darlington, 



Rabbits (Best pair of any breed), — Pi-ize, O. \. Young. Driffield. Highly 

 Commended, J. Reed, Suniiybrow, WiUiugton. Commended, H. Marshall, 

 Durham ; G. Moffatt, Dvuha'm. 



NORTH LANCASHIRE AGRICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY'S POULTRY SHOW. 



A pouiTRY Show was held on the 10th inst,, in connection with the 

 annual meeting of this Society, at Acci-ington. The Dorkineis were, 

 as a class, very good. Of Spanish the show was very small in numbers, 

 but all exhibited were of a high quahty ; and the same might he said 

 of the Game fowl. The Golden-spangled and the Silver-spangled 

 Hamhm-glis were amongst the most attractive features of the Show, 

 their excellence being indisputable. The following were the awards : — 



Dorking (Grey). — Piize, J. Robinson, Garstang. Chickens. — Prize, D 

 Parsons, Cuerden. 



Dorking (White).— Prize, D. Parsons, Cuerden. Chickens,— Tiize, D. 

 Parsons. 



Spanish.— Prize, R. Teebay, Fulwood. Chickens.— 'Prize, R. Teebay. 



Gabie. — Prize, J. Wood, Haigh, near Wigan. Chickem. — Prize, .1. Wood. 



Hamburgh (Golden-pencilled). — Prize, T. Wareing, Preston. Chickens. 

 — Prize, W. Bee, Goosnargh. 



H a mb urgh (Silver-pencilled). — Prize, J. Robinson. 



Hasieurgh (Golden-spangled). — Prize. J. Robinson. 



Habiburgh (Silver-spangled). — Prize, R. Teebay, Fulwood. Chickens. — 

 Prize, J. Robinson, 



Poland. — Prize, C. W. Brierlev, Middleton. 



Bantams.— Prize, C. W, Brierl'ey. CfcicJ-c us.- Prize, D. Parsons. 



Cochin-China (Chickens). — Prize, C. Sidgwick. Keighley. 



Geese, — Prize, T, Houlker, Rividge, Qoslinqs. — Prize, T, Houlker, 



Ducks (.\ylesbury). — Prize, E. Leech, Rochdale. Ducklings, — Prize, 

 E. Leech. 



Ducks (Rouen).— Prize, T. Houlker. Ducklings, — Prize, T. Wareing, 

 Preston. 



Ducks (Any other vaiiety), — Prize, D. Parsons, Cuerden. Ducklings. — 

 Pi'ize, D. Parsons. 



TuRKEVs.- Prize, E. Leech. 



BEES AND BEE-HIVES 



AT THE HOYAL AGEICULTUP..U:, SOCIETY'S JIEETING AT PLYJIOUTH. 



Living bees at work are always attractive, not only to bee- 

 keepers but to the general public ; Messrs. Neighbour & Sons' 

 exhibition formed no exception to this general ru]e, for their 

 stand was at all times densely crowded. The thief object of 

 interest was the Woodbmy imicomb obserTatoi'y-hi\<>, in vhich 

 was a stock of Ligurian bees, with a very fine queen sun-oun^led 



by her yellow Italian subjects. Messrs. Neighbour also ex- 

 hibited a square Woodbury glass hive stocked with English 

 bees, in which the position of the bars and frames, with bees and 

 combs, could be very distinctly seen. Both these colonies were 

 brought fi'om Jli-. A. Neighbom''s apiai-y near London.. The 

 bees obt.ained egi'css and ingress by means of a covered way 

 nearly 3 feet long, which appeared but little to inconvenience 

 them, whilst, being covered with glass, it added not a little to 

 the interest with which they were observed. In the waU of 

 the shed were small apertures, with alighting-boards fixed on 

 the outside, and although the public passed in crowds before 

 these unprotected entrances, no one was stung, nor were the 

 bees themselves interfered with or molested — a warning notice 

 appended to the outside being universally attended to, and a 

 respectful distance maintained. 



Amongst Messrs. Neighbour's collection were the Woodbury 

 straw bar-and-frame, Neighbour's improved cottage, the ladies' 

 observatoi-y, cottagers', and many low-priced straw hives on the 

 improved system. The impressed wax sheets, with specimens 

 of combs partially worked therefrom, were interesting and 

 curious. The bottle-feeder, bee-di'esses, Indian-rubber gloves, 

 and other apiarian appliances also received, and were worthy 

 of, much attention. 



By way of illustrating the fruits of the honey hai-vest of the 

 present year, Messrs. Neighbour had a square super of fine 

 white honeycomb from the apiary of oiu- esteemed correspondent 

 Mr. Woodbury, and an octagon glass super from our valued 

 contributor Mr. S. Bevan Fox, both of which admirable speci- 

 mens were most highly commended. 



BEES CARRYING OUT YOUNG BROOD. 



Can you explain the reason why bees in a remarkably fine 

 strong May swarm should, on the 3rd inst., have carried out 

 of their hive at least one hundred bees fully formed with legs 

 and wings, but all quite white ? For two days they continued 

 to remove them. The hive is straw, -with a small hive on the 

 top, which is covered by another straw hive, all fresh, clean, 

 and fi'ee from vermin. The bees have always been busy and 

 healthy.— K, S. 



[This may arise either from the brood becoming chilled by 

 a sudden fall in temperattu'e, or from the bees themselves 

 being near staiwation. We should advise an immediate and 

 liberal supply of food.] 



BEES IN STAFFORDSHIRE. 



CONDITION OP HIVES ON APKIL 9tH, 1865. 



A B 



Swarm Mav 15th, 186i Hybrid Swarm May 19th, 1862. Storified in 



queen .Jiily 2nd, 1862. Very 1863 and 1864. Very weak, 

 strong. 



C D 



Swai-m Juno 1st, 1862. Storified Swarm May 16th, 1864. Pm-e Italian 



in 1864. Very weak. queen introduced October, 1864. 

 Strong, 

 E 



Swaim of Mav 18tb, 1864. Strong, C and E were united, and the queen 



but" no queen. of C kiUed, AprU 10th, 1865. 



April 9th was a splendid day, and I closely observed the pro- 

 ceedings of the different hives. A gi'catmany beautiful Italians 

 issued forth from d, proving that the pui'e Italian queen was 

 safe ; but a few of Mr. Lowe's puny di-oues were also visible. 

 A considerable number of drones, the majority hhputians, 

 were issuing from E, but I could not discern a single .young 

 worker, and this excited gi'avc apprehensions, so on the follow- 

 ing day, Monday, I overhaided the combs, and found, as ex- 

 pected, a sprinkling of drone brood, not compactly an-anged, 

 but a few here and there, in different parts of two or three 

 combs, chiefly in worker cells. After a long and rigid scrutiny, 

 tailing to detect a queen, and concluding that the brood pro- 

 ceeded from fertile workers, I determined to unite this hive to 

 c, and thus form a strong colony. The union was successful 

 as far as the bees were concerned, and only a little fighting 

 occurred ; but on the following day the fertile queen of c was 

 cast out dead. The bees completed several royal cells, and a 

 queen was hatched on the 24th ; but as she had not commenced 

 laying upon the 1.5th of May, I killed her, and on the following 

 day gave the bees two frames of brood wi+h the adliermg bees 

 from p, to enable them to raise a queei^ from pu.-e Itahan 

 brood, and also to re."'niit their diminishing uivt'ibers. Three 

 royal cells were completed, but only one quetn arrived at ma- 



