86 BEES. 



PRESSED BEEF. 



The brisket, flank, and thin part of the ribs are the pieces 

 which are pressed. Take out the bones, salt and season 

 the piece with such spices as you prefer, and let it lie about 

 a week closely covered. Boil it slowly till tender, take it 

 from the pot, and press it under heavy weights till cold. It 

 sends the juices through the beef, and by remaining pressed 

 till cold cuts in thin slices. 



BEEF UDDER. 



This is eaten in Virginia, either boiled fresh and cut in 

 slices when cold, and served with salt and mustard, or it is 

 salted for a day or two and eaten cold. It is sometimes 

 boiled, chopped fine, and used for stuffings. 



BEES. These little creatures love thyme, mignonette, 

 alyssum, and honeysuckle. Hives should never be placed 

 in a roofed stand ; it heats the bees, and frequently induces 

 them to form on the outside of their hives. They should be 

 placed in a sheltered part of the garden, but with sufficient 

 space around them to allow the attacks of their depredators 

 to be seen and warded -off. If no water is near, place shal- 

 low pans near the hives with water and a little salt, and 

 have bits of stick float on the surface, to prevent the bees 

 drowning by slipping from the sides of the vessel. In the 

 early spring, and late in autumn, before you house them for 

 winter, they must be fed. For this purpose, put to a quart 

 of beer one pound of sugar, and boil it five minutes only. 



Never destroy bees. They live only one year, and in 

 killing them, the young bees that would work in the spring 

 are lost. The year-old bees die in August, By smoking 

 the bees with tobacco while working upon a hive, they are 

 rendered harmless. Sticks in the hive are useless arid in- 

 convenient. 



