a 
NATURAL HISTORY. 
fly away in attempting to colleé 
them, but they may be caught 
again in this. manner: a sheet is 
placed by night en the ground con. 
.tiguous to the swarm, and when 
they alight, the hive is placed over 
them, with the entrance stopped ; 
then the whole is covered witha 
sheet, in which they are carried 
home. But they should not be 
placed near the hive whence they 
had originally departed. 
When the time arrives for tak- 
ing euc the honey-combs, which 
is generally in the month of June, 
when the flowers begin to decay, 
it should be done in the heat of the 
day, as the greater part of the bees 
are then abroad, but not during a 
high wind, or at the commence- 
ment of a new or full moon. The 
hiver must have his face and hands 
defended as above-mentioned, and 
accompanied by a person holding 
a chaffing-dish, with a coa! fire, 
covered with moist peat, to make 
the greater smoke: the smoke be- 
ing infused among the bees from 
the top of the cylinder, they fly 
away, or remain intoxicated at the 
bottom. Then the hive is taken 
to piecés by drawing out the pins. 
The combs are cut-out without de- 
stroying the bees, except two cells, 
which are left around the hive; 
and, Jest the. bees should feed on 
what remains, the incision is co- 
vered with pulverised clay: after 
this, the hive is pet together as 
before. 
The combs should not be taken’ 
out but when they are full of ho- 
ney ; itis rarely good the first year 
the bees assemble. In the months 
of March and August the wax is 
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taken out, which is lodged in the 
first division of the hive, after 
which the bees form other combs, 
and generate a young colony. 
The hiver should often visit the 
ground, and repair any accidents 
that have happened. If snakes 
frequent the piace, they should not 
be killed, since they do not molest 
the bees, but destroy the toads and 
lizards, which are obnoxious to 
them. 
When the hives are decayed, 
they are taken asunder and fu- 
migated; then the bees forsake 
their habitations and take shelter 
in an adjoining hive, previously 
prepared for that purpose. This 
should be performed in the spring, 
when the flowers begin to’ open 
and afford them succour. Thesame 
method may be used in taking 
out the honey; but if repeatedly 
practised, it will extinguish the 
colony. 
As the bees, in returning from 
their excursions, are loaded and 
fatigued, there should be nothing 
near the hives to obstru& their 
descent, which is not ina pérpen- 
dicular course, but in an oblique 
_ ones 
Qn Plica Polonica by Mr. Frederick 
Hoffman. From the Memoirs of 
the Manchester Society. 
Synonyms. Lues Pocusiensis*: Tria 
c@: Trichomas Pow. Koldun or 
Goxdz. GERMAN. Juden-xopf: 
wichtel-xopff: wixel.zorff : weicha 
‘el-zorff. 
DISEASES, the tendency of 
which is fatal, and the occurrence 
* Pekusia is a territory of Poland, 
- 
Ddaz frequent, 
