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FARMERS' REGISTER. 



[No. 9 



throuirli which they ea.^ily (iml c<iiVi56 and in^TPss. 

 But tlie hee-rnoth ciiiiiiot find iis? way in ; it li>jiils 

 upon the building and examines every erevice, 

 tiiroLigh wliich it tries to find its way to the honey; 

 but never lights upon the outer endr, ol'the luhe?, 

 vvliich project some 12 or 15 inches from the build- 

 ino;. Tlie same kwid ol' lul>e.-=, are used with 

 advantage in the common small hives. 



Dr. S. says, also— "A lew months since, I saw 

 an article in the Genesee Farmer h'om the pen ol 

 Dr. E. Barnes orReading, which I fear is calculated 

 to mislead, lie says his neighbor buries his bees 

 as he does his potatoes, ant! was told that ihev 

 came out in the spring healihy and ijood condiiion." 



1 trust 1 have no desire to misieail others or do 

 any thing calculated to lessen the profits, great as 

 they are, ol that useful insect the bee. One stub- 

 born fact however, is worth a dozen (jages ol'iheory 

 alone. The article to which the doctor relers, 

 ■\vas communicated, as a nietliod of" wintering bees, 

 which to me was entirely new, not however, until 

 1 had personally examinetl the mound, where Mr. 

 Egirlesioii, the owner of the premises, liad buried 

 his bees. 



JNlr. E. from wliom I derived my information, 

 is a ti>an vvJiose charae:er is, I believe, above re- 

 [)roach; and certainly it cannot Ije sup[)osed he 

 would have continued the |)raetice for several 

 successive years, of burying increased numbers 

 of hives each year, if the doctor's lears are vveli 

 founded. 



Mr. E. says he was faidiless at first; and ihere- 

 fora buried the first year only two or three hives ; 

 these coming out well in the sprmg, lie was indu- 

 ced, [ lhinl< lie said, to bury thirteen the next full 

 season; and when [ examined his apiary, which 

 was in O^^tober, 1837, he had thirty-seven buried. 

 He thinks if buried in a dry soil, they would rarely 

 litil of coming out healthy and in good condition 

 in the sjirinir. 1 have taken measures to ascertain 

 the further success of Mr. E. in tliis business, and 

 intend to communicate to you the result. 



Geneva, yJug, 22, 1839. E. Barnes. 



7!/r. Tucker — Since mailing to yon my letter of 

 the22J inst. in reply to the remarks of Dr. Spencer 

 on the management of bees, 1 have received the 

 inclosed from Doctor Andrews, which I beg leave 

 to present for [lublication, in connection with my 

 last, as it so fully confirms the former statement 1 

 made on this subject li-om inlbrmation derived from 

 Mr. EiTirleston. E. Barnes. 



Geneva, Aug. 23, 1839. 



Wintering Bees. 



j1/r Tucker — Agreeably to yom- refjuest, I called 

 on Mr. Eggleston, and obtained from him the Ibl- 

 lowing statement o(" his method of wintering bees, 

 and the success attending it. 



In the fall of 1837, he buried 30 or more hives, 

 and the following spring ihev were taken out with- 

 out the loss of any. In 1838 he buried 10 hives, 

 with the same success, but lost 7 or 8 hives of bees 

 that stood in his bee house throuirh the winter. 

 He says that he finds very ['aw, or no dead '.lees 

 under his hives that are buried, and that thev win- 

 ter on much less honey than vvlien left in the 

 house; some smtill swarms have lost but 3 lbs. in 

 weight in wintering, and the largest but 10 lb. 

 •le has buried his bees or some ol' them, each 



year, for 4 years past, aiul has not lost a swarm 

 that was buried, and shall hereafter bury all, that 

 he intends to winter; he has now about 40 swarms. 

 Another liict — those that are buried do much bet- 

 ter, and swarm much earlier in the spring. 



Mr. Eggleston's method of burying his bees, is 

 to liig a shallow trench in the ground, long enough 

 to sel the number of hives he wishes to bury, with a 

 gentle slope in the trench, to carry off" the water 

 if there should any collect; and then place the hives 

 in the trench, raised a little from the ground, by a 

 small stone under each corner of each hive, then 

 covers them with straw and lastly with dirt, to use 

 his expiession, as you would a pile of potatoes, so 

 deep as not to freeze under the hives. 



As to the success of Mr. Eggleston in preser- 

 ving bees, as described above, there can be no 

 doubt, as it is known to all his neighbors, who (if 

 necessary) will certily to the lacts as slated. 

 Yours respectfully, 



Anson Andrews. 



Reading, ulugusi 20, 1839. 



DIFFERENT BIODES OF PRESERVING AND TRE- 

 PARING TOMATOES FOR THE TABLE. 



From tlie American Farmer. 



Canonsburg, jiugust \6lh, 1839. 



IMr. J. S. Skinner — As the season of tomatoes 

 is at hand. I will send a lt;vv recipes lor preserving 

 them lor winter use. 



Take tomatoes, say half a peck, when ripe, but 

 not too S(jli, skin them and cut them in two, leav- 

 ing the seeds or not as you like; lay them on a 

 dish, (I do not mash them;} then take two quarts 

 ol strong vinegar, put one table-spoonful of all- 

 spice, the same of powdered ginger, the same of 

 cloves, the same of salt, half a table-spoonful good 

 Cayenne pepper; put all (except the tomatoes) in 

 the vinegar; boil it in a very clean brass or bell- 

 metal kettle lor about hall' hour — then strain it 

 through a sieve, put it again on a slow fire, and 

 and when it begins to boil, put in some of the to- 

 matoes, but do not crowd them. When they look 

 clear, take them out carefully with a skimmer, and 

 lay lliein on a dish; do so until you have them all 

 done, and when cold, put them in a glass or white 

 earthern jar, with the vinegar in which they were 

 boiled. Dip writing paper in brandy or strong 

 vinegar, and put over them: cover them tight, and 

 put in a cool dry place. It is excellent with fresh, 

 or any other kiiul of meat. 



Another — Take tomatoes when ripe, skin them, 

 cut them in two, lay them on large dishes, put 

 thern in the sun to dr}', turn them ol'ten, and when 

 sufficiently dried in the sun, put them in a dry 

 place. They shou'd be exposed to the sun after a 

 damp spell of weather. When stewed or cooked 

 in any way, they are almost as good as when first 

 taken fiom the vines. 



Anotlicr and easy mode of keeping tomatoes — 

 Make a strong pickle of salt and water that will 

 bear an egg, malce it cold, strain it into a crock, or 

 small keg; take ripe tomatoes, (ill the crock or keir, 

 pour the jiickle on them, and cover it with a thin 

 stone to keep them under the pickle. In the 

 winter when you want some for use, put them in 

 cold water the night before, and in the morning 

 change the water until they are as fresh you as 



