62 ON BEES AND HONEY. 



belief that there is in all our country towns, and in our cities 

 and villages, abundant pasturage still unoccupied ; that they in- 

 jure not the flowers and plants from which they collect their 

 stores, and in this respect are totally harmless ; and as they in- 

 volve but little expense, may become a source of considerable 

 income, particularly to a class of people needy and deserving. 

 Submitted in behalf of the Committee. 



TEMPLE CUTLER. 



ABRAHAM LORD'S STATEMENT. 



I have two kinds of hives now in use, one with two boxes 

 on the side, one above the other, which will hold fourteen 

 pounds of honey. These hives are very good, but not so good 

 as some I have with two boxes in. the top which will hold 

 eleven pounds of honey each. One of these boxes has glass 

 sides, and is not full. It was taken from a hive that had a 

 swarm placed in it the sixth day of June last, which has filled 

 the hive and given me thirteen pounds of honey this season. 

 In the boxes I have had four swarms of bees this season, which 

 with their honey are worth seven dollars each, exclusive of 

 their hives, — the hives are worth three dollars each, making 

 the hives and bees worth ten dollars each. I have also taken 

 sixty-four pounds of honey in boxes, worth twenty cents a 

 pound, making twelve dollars and eighty cents. Thus the in- 

 come from my five stocks of bees this season, is forty dollars 

 and eighty cents. 



My hives are made with a pane of glass in the back, to 

 ascertain the quantity of honey in store, and the strength of 

 the stocks of my bees, as it is sometimes the case that after a 

 stock has thrown off its first swarm, some accident happens to 

 the young queen, by which the stock is left without its leader. 

 As the old queen always leads off the first swarm, the loss of 

 the queen may be ascertained in two weeks from the time the 

 first swarm left the hive. If they decrease, they have lost their 

 queen ; in this case, to save my stock I unite to them a second 



