48 



^\]c /hrmcv's illontl)lij bisitor. 



the Bees may alight ii|)Oii it witli euse aiul con- 

 venience, liefoie enterinj; tlie Hive. Tlie lopiiml 

 bottom of tlic;sc drawors slionid he about three- 

 eights of an inch thick, and a direct and unilbrm 

 coininunicalioii sbonhl be establi,sh<.(l from the 

 bottom of the Hive to the top of the ujiper draw- 

 er,hy means of ihiily-six tlii-ee-lbinlhs iiielj holes, 

 made thioniih the top and liollom of the lower 

 drawers and the hollonj of the upper drawer, di- 

 rectly over and nnder each olher, — thus giving 

 the Bees, unless you otherwise choose, an oppor- 

 tunity to pass anil re-piiss freely (rom the upper 

 drawer to the Uj)ttotn of the Hive. The rear f)f 

 the drawers should consist of glass, set in a 

 wooden frame, hanging on hinges, so as to open 

 from the centre, and fastened with hooks and 

 staples. 



For the purpose of confining the Bees when 

 necessary, to only one or two of the drawers, and 

 to close the drawers entirely when you wish to 

 change or remove them, slides with hoh's coj- 

 respoudiiig with those in the drawers should he 

 fi.xed to the sides of the drawers, containing holes 

 in such a maimer as to enable the Bee-keeper to 

 close the communication beiweeu the drawers 

 whenever he pleases by means of a rod aliached 

 to the slide and passing throngli the front of the 

 Hive. Thus we see om- Hive may be simply 

 one Hive, with commimicatiou sufficiently i'le^i 

 throughout, or we may have three Hives com- 

 bined. 



By means of the glass, in the rear of the draw- 

 ers, the keeper may have a full view and knowl- 

 edge of the state and eondilion of his Bees at all 

 limes; and, by the aid ol his drawers, has il in 

 his power, also, to relieve and manage them just 

 as he pleases. Some of the advantages of liiis 

 system of drawers are the following : 



When you have a large swarm, it is found that 

 instead of occupying and filling vvilh honey the 

 upper and but one of the drawers at a tiuje, they 

 will be at work in two and even three drawers, 

 at the same time, and it has been fiiiind by e.\- 

 pi rience, that when ihey are at work in two or 

 more drawers at the same tiu)i', they fill each as 

 fast as a swarm of the same size would fill (Uie, 

 thus donliling or ti'ehliug the aninmu of honey. 

 But It may be asked, why is it not better to en- 

 large the Hive and the snrliu-e oil which they may 

 he emp: ;yed .' in answer, we h.ive tbnnd, that 

 when the Hive is large, there is too much cold 

 air, and the Bees are not in a plight to !i|>ply them- 

 selves to business, and moreover ciuiuot work 

 the cond). The animal heal is not snfticient to 

 keep the space warm enough and they stop work 

 and lie by, whereas in the drawers above de- 

 scribed, they will, in the hnt-y season c;irry on 

 their work dining tin: night and on cold and rainy 

 days, which is selilom the case in the old hive, 

 and can work ctunh some three weeks earli(U' in 

 the s[iring. Again when the boxes ordraivers 

 are small, they do luit appi'.'ir to like it so well, 

 for when there are several small drawers, put in 

 on the top of two wlioh? or hu'ge ones, they will 

 fill the large ones before entering the smaller. — 

 Thev do not seem to like to go olf in detached 

 and small parlies, where lliey do not fe(;l the ex- 

 citement of greater nnmbeis and a larger busi- 

 ness. It is snpposr<l too, that they do not work 

 to so good advaiitaL'e in a small space, as a suf- 

 ficient number cannot he present to keep it warm 

 and leave room for the workers to he convenient- 

 ly employeil. It is Ihouglit ihe size of the diavv- 

 ers above described is ahnnt right. 



It is found that in the drawc;rs above described, 

 the comb is worked or plated much ibiniu'rand 

 more elegantly, than in a large cold hive. 



It would b(! H'(dl, if the drawers above de- 

 scribed are of the right size, to have all made 

 alike, so that in case of sellingaml shifiing swarm* 

 and hives and drawers about, there may be no 

 iiiconvenieiiee, but any diawcr may fit any hive, 

 and the drawers fit to each olher. 



For 'his purpose thi^ drawers shonhl not only 

 be of the same surface, and deplh hut ihe (M'iflces 

 in the lop, IioIUmii and side.- ol' iheiii should be 

 at regular, and ihe same distances frtnn the sides 

 and each olher, in all drawers. 



« • « » » 



It is d^^siglied that there should be a passage 

 w;iy through the middle of (fncb drawer from 

 front to rear, of three and one-half inches wide ; 

 then Ihe rows of hides should coiiimence, and 

 should be one and three-loinlhs inch from 

 each olher, rneaauriiig from centre to cenlie. — 



Likewise the first row on the front, shonhl be 

 two inches from Ihe front of the drawer, and at 

 the same distance from each olher as they extend, 

 back to the rear. 



SwAioM.NG A.\D Hiving. — Under this head it 

 may l)e premised thai the swiirming of Bees 

 lakes place under certain in^cessilies. It is sup- 

 posed by the author that the first swarms of the 

 season cmne out on account of a superabundance 

 of Bees for the Hive, so that if the Hive he larg« 

 enough, ihey may not swarm at all. Again, small 

 swarms often come out later in the season ou 

 account of their having more than one Queen 

 Bee in the same hive that can enlist opposite 

 parlies in their favor. Now in general the swarm- 

 ing in both of these cases, may be anticipated and 

 prevented, if the Bee lAlaster preler. In the first 

 case in a hive of our coiislruction, he tnay aa- 

 cerlain when the bees are begining to be crowd- 

 ed, and may himself insliluie a new colony, or 

 divide the swarm by reiiioviug one or more of 

 ihe drawers to another liive, and either taking the 

 Clueen Bee with lliem, or liy compelling the new 

 swarm to hatch a new Queen, in the manner 

 hereafter described. In the second case hy a little 

 aileution he may generally discover when there 

 • ire two Queen Bees in the hive, by their notes 

 of challenge to each oilier. 'i"o [irevent their 

 coming to combat, they are generally kept l)y the 

 Bees in different drawers, in which case the Bee 

 master can remove a drawer coiilaiiig one of the 

 Queen Bees. But in case of a super-abundance 

 of liees it is questioiiahle svhetlier it be not hel- 

 ler, if the Bee-keeper have leisure to allend to it, 

 and miderslauds his business, to let theiii take 

 their own lime and inauner of coining out, or 

 swarming ; and if you do, the following directions 

 are thought worthy of notice : 



The new swarm, in leaving the old stock, will 

 almost always alight before entering their new 

 luibilalioii, and will take the most convenient 

 place within their reach lor this purpose. 



They will then send fbith their pioneers, to 

 seek a new locaiioii; and if they are not hived 

 helcjre one of these messengers return, they will 

 in all prohability make their exit, and the swarm 

 be lust. 



In order to secMire them easily and safely, il 

 will be advisable to prepare a place convenient 

 for their alighting and for liivuig them. For this 

 purpose experience has taught me, that a sapling 

 Irom five lo six feet high, with a small bushy top, 

 set in the ground in such a manner th:it it may 

 be taken up easily without disengaging the Bees, 

 answers the purpose better than anything else 

 williiir my kiiov\ ledge. (Perhaps spruce is as 

 good as any oilier.) It is someliines tbiind 

 coiivenieiil lo h:ive several of these bushes set 

 at sniiill dislances Irom e;ich other, so thiit in 

 case the wind shoulil blow tln^m beyond the re:ich 

 of one they may liill u|)on another; and, more- 

 over, where a number of hives stand ou ihe same 

 bench, more than one swiirui may come out at 

 ne.irly the same time, and then the bush (ni which 

 the first swarm is collected, may be removed ula 

 distance Irom the bench, and hived ; thus pre- 

 venting the swarms coining in coiilact and uniting. 

 After the new sw,-irm has come fljrlh ami ;ilight- 

 cd, set the hive with the ilriivvers in il, in ii c(m- 

 veiiieiit place : open the doiu' of the hive, and the 

 doors of the lower drawers. If the swarm be 

 small, all eiilrance lo the iippi'r drawer should 

 hi; closed, and a slide iiiherled helween ihe two 

 lower drawers so as to cnlort' iill communication 

 bi'tween lliem. If the swarm be large and not 

 viiy large, hive lliem in the lower drawers and 

 slop the coinmunii!ation between them and the 

 upper drawer, — but if very hngi', use the whole 

 hive. Then lake the hush on which the Bi'es rest 

 ciindully frmii Ihe giuiind and shake il geiilly, so 

 as to diseng.igi! llieiii in rear of the Hive, letliug 

 lliem fill on ihe bench or ground, as ihe case 

 may be, on which Ihe Hive stands. If there is 

 anv reluclance on the part of the Bees, lo enter- 

 ing llie hive, hriisli them geiilly towards thi: door 

 of the diiiwer. As soon as they haveeutereil the 

 hive, close Ihe doors, and remove ili<;m to the 

 place where ihey are destiniMl to stand through 

 the season. If ihu hive he not somi removed to 

 its desiiiK'd place, you will be in ilanger of losing 

 many, or all of the swarm, Irom ihe Ibllowing 

 can.se: After a colony have eslahlislied lliem- 

 selvi'S in a ni!W siliiiiiion, they are viM'y ciUidul 

 ami parin'iilar at first when they go out Irom ihe 

 hive, lo go otTon tln.'ir peculiar business to mark 



the location of the hive, and the character and 

 position of all the surrounding objects near, fly- 

 ing round and round about the hive, before leav- 

 ing il. After leaving the hive a few times they 

 tiike less iiole of things, being able to go and re- 

 turn wiihoui niisliike, and finally pass straight- 

 way fioiii the hive and return to the same, willi- 

 oiit difticnilly. In case iheri'lore ihe hive be re- 

 moved idler they have had time to become ac- 

 customed 10 the spot, the Bees will leave the 

 hive as usuiil without note, and con.sequenlly, not 

 being able again to find the hive, having taken no 

 notice of the objects, will Wiinder about and be 

 lost. J. A. CuTTINO. 



Haverhill, M H. 



Seed Oats. — Mr. William Low, of this town, 

 informs us that he has oats, obtained froui Cape 

 Cod, Mass., which he will furnish for seed. He 

 is satisfied, from trial, iliat they are less liiilile lo 

 he struck by the rust than any other kind which 

 he has used. — EJ. Visitor. 



CONCORD AVHOIiEISALX: 



CASH PRICES CURRENT, 



For West India Gouds Sc Groceries, Flour, Grais, Pro- 

 duce, Iron & Steel, PLasifcii, tfjiLT, Lime, 4cr. &.C. 



Correclcil weekly for Hill's .\. II. Patriot bj- GIL.MORE Sc. 

 CL.'VPP, at the Depot Store, i;"ncorcl, N. H. 



March il, 1845. 



ASHES, Pols, ■! I 



Pearls, ■)', 



ALUM, 4' 



BlilMlSTONE, Ron, 3 



Sulplmr, I 



CAMPHOR. Refined,.... "5 



CANDI^ES, Mould, 10 



Sprm 3-2 



COFFEE, SI. Domingo,. ...6 



Porto Rico, 85 



Porto Cabello 8J 



Old Government Java,.. . JJ 



COPPERAS a 



FISH, Bank, jf-quinlal,. .2,75 



Pollock, 2,30 



Bav, ;,75 



Old Dim, 4,.iO 



No. 1 Salmon, Jf> bbl,-14,U0 

 No. 1 Sliad, V>-hW, 13,0(1 



Ton's i Sounds, p- bill, (),00 

 H.B.Fili3,p-bbl, 9,00 



FLOUR, Genesee, 5,50 



Fancy brand, 5,75 



Ohio, .\kron, 6,25 



Spanldin^, extra, G,25 



FRUIT. Figs, 14 



Raisins, blue mark 10,00 



llliick mark 9,50 



Box, bunch, 2,75 



FUSTIl'K, Cuba, ^ ton, 30,1)0 



Tamiiiio iS.OO 



Ground, |^ hund 1,75 



GLUE, Russian best, 17 



American, II 



GRAI.\. Oals, 37\ cent (?• bu 



Corn, 67 do do bu 



Rye, 67 do doliu 



Beans, 75 ffl 1,.50 



Peas, 50® 75 



GRINDSTONES, 1st qual- 

 ity, finished, t'>liund. 9,95 

 Do. do. unfinished, 1,50 



HERRING, !;> Iiox, No. I,...")0 

 Scaled, 75 



INDIGO, liensal,. 1,10® 1,75 

 Spanish float, ...1, 00 rn)I,.50 

 Manilla, 75® l,'i5 



IRON, Old Sable 45 



Knillisti, 3| 



Rail ks, re lined 4 



En-ilish, sheet, 6 



Russia, do 12® 13 



Old Sable nail rods, 5^ 



.NoTweyian lio ti 



Com man do \\ 



Eni^lisl) hoop, 5 



American do 4 



Shoe Shapes, Am 4.1 



Sweden, shoe shapes, A\ 



LEATHER. New York 

 Sole Leather, Light, 14® 16 



Do. Heavy,.... liJ^SlS 



LI.ME, Thomaston, first 



qualitv, 1,25 



Camden, di blij 



LOGWOOD, St. Domin- 

 go, IfHon iifla 



Camp-achy, 97,60 



Ground, ^ hund 1,75 



MACKEREL, No. 1, \^ 



bbi. I'3,.50 



No. 9, 10,50 



No. 3, 8,50 



iMDLASSES, Havana 26 



.Surinam, 26 



'j'riuidad, *^ 



Porto Rico, 33 



SiiLUir House SO 



NAILS. Hoslon Iron Go's 



brand, 4\ 



Old Colony ilo 4< 



Wevinoulh Iron Co 41 



Maiden 4j 



PLASTER, |l^ ton 5,50 



Do. vronnii 6,50 



PROVISIONS. Pork Ex- 

 Ira char I;* bbl, 14,00 



C.unmondo 12,00 



Extra .Mess 11,00 



Common do 10,00 



Butler, r tb 8® 14 



(Jlieese, ntiiv milch,.. .6®7 



Four meal, 4® 5 



Dried apple, best i\<a 3 



Lard, northern, 7^ 



Do. southern 6^ 



Tuikevs Ai Chickens, best,7 



Goslins, best, 4^ 



Round Hugs, 4^ ®5Jc 



REDWOOD, ground, J^ 



hund 2,75 



Nicarayua, l^ton, 35,00 



RICE, lf> hund. best 3,50 



ROSIN, lF»-l)bl ■.>,50 



S.\L^RATUS,fir.stqualilv,4 

 S.ALT, St. Ubes, ^ hhd. 3,20 



Cadi/,, 3,20 



Bonaires, 3,20 



Turks Island, 3,20 



Liverpool, 3,20 



Do. tuit;, Wortbingston 



brand, [f* bag, 2,00 



Do. other brands, 1,75 



SALTPETRE, crude 8 



Do. refined, 9 



SEED. Clover, norllieru,.. 9 



Do. Boulhein, 1\ 



Herds grass, (;> bn 1,75 



SIIRETINGS, prime V»-yd ..64 

 SHINGLES, first qualily. 



No. I, pine, lf> .M 2,75 



do. do. do. spruce, J ,75 



SHI UTINGS, l|> yard, 6 



SHOT, assorted 5* 



SHOVELS, cast steel, S>- 



doz 10,00 



Steel painted do 9,00 



Iron do. best, 8,00 



Do. common, 6,50 



SOAP, Castile, II 



Wliite Soap, best, 8 



Brown, No. I, 4 



F'amily 5 



Extra, 6 



SPICE.S. C'assia, in mats, 22 



Do. ground, 20 



Cloves, 30 



Ginger, pure, 1\ 



.Mace, p lb 1,00 



.Vutiregs, best, 1,'25 



Pimento, whole 12 



Do. ground 14 



Pepper, whole, II 



Do. ground, 12 



STEEL, Sivedes, best 7J 



Sanderson, Brother) 4c 



Co. cast steel, 18 



Jcssop & Son, do 17 



German, best, 194 



Do. coininon, 10 



Conch spring, best, 94 



SUGARS. Brown (lava- 



Do. do. fair,. 7 



Double refined F.a3l Bos- 



ton loaf, 114 



Do. do. crushed, 114 



Do. do, powdered 12 



Coiniuon loaf, 104 



Porto Rico, best, 8 



Purified .Muscovado do . . .74 



TAR, \j>- bbl 3,50 



TE.VS, Gunpowder, best 



qu.alily, ((> lb "5 



iinperiai, do SO 



Mvson, do 60 



Hyson Skin, do 30 



Voting Hvson, common, .35 



Do, d.>. fair 40 



Do. do. good, 40 



Do. do. best, 65 



TOBACCO, common keg,..G 



Good do 10 



('oinmon box, 8 



G I.lo 194 



Honey Deu.do. beat, ...18 

 <:avendish ^ 



■i.i. very best 



Do. no. prime, 



