Book VII. HONEYBEE. "IW 



r ,h» w~ Hives mav be killed with hunger while some pounds' weight of sugar remain in this state in 

 ?k > ,^n The boiUn- of sugar into svrup forms a closer combination with the water, by which it is pre- 

 the.r cell,. 1"? °°» 1 « 1 = " , a 7onAstence re sembling that of honey retained. Howison has had frequent 

 S^enTof S^KS^un" of hone g y, preserved in perfect health through the winter with 



P^^ 



entirely shut up, as numbers ot them are often lost from i bein enucea i to i instrument, 



a winter day. It will, however, be proper at trae '"Jf^^^e to perform of themselves. To 

 the dead bees and other filth, which, the hvingat ^, ^^"^ , ^. hi ch a proper quantity of 

 hives, whose stock of honey was sufficient tor the« ™™**™'™ n ^sary until the breeding season 

 sugar had been given tor that purpose, no '"«"« »"™'L°" * '^ w^n- of Mav ; and in cold, about a 

 arrives. This, in warm situations, genera Uy- »k.es place ^""M^f, 1 "^ ;,,^ an d some after, require 

 month after. The young bees for a short ^M p^mus to yTiS™l Mid if the store in the hive be 

 being fed with the same regularity that young birds [" e »*™"£S^Swwi to collect food in suffi- 

 exnausted, and the weather such " "f ^7^°^^ J rftcipte of "flection for their young compels 

 cient quantity for themselves and their brood the P°«enui pr V y To prevent 



them ^J^^J^^^'^^^S^^^^^^ — We da>S > t0 a ' Cd a " 

 such accident,, it is advisable, it uuring u»i ura s . h require it 



the bees indiscriminately, as it would be difficult to ascertain ' u^™"?™ h ' and in cold c i ima tes or 

 7610. r*«»«r»»«»*tf*« generally commences. n June n f^^nce drones, and hanging out ot 

 seasons later. The first swarming is so long prec :ei led by »"e appearance , ^^ ^ ^^ 



working bees, that if the time ot their leaving ^«^*S ^ that ot th \ queen, a day or 

 The signs of the second are ■' h ™e^ ™ r e Stog iving out a sound a good deal resembling that of a 

 two before swarming at in ten , .Is of a ^"™" 1 ^^ u g " e a"| the old hive, and return again several times, 

 cricket It frequently happens that ™™™^LSttffln or from having dropped on the ground, 

 which is always owing to the queer i not having ^ p at r c °Xant or "ther low bushel, should be planted at a 



being too young to £*»|»*g^ 1 *SSSS upo "?o 'herw° e they are apt to fly away , by attending 

 short distance from the hives, for the ^es to swarin i ui oi , . more than tw£) 



to this, Howison has not lost a swarm ^.^"l f* •""f^eak M from the lateness of the season, and 

 swarms these should uniformly be joined toothers that .are .weak, as rrom inverting at night 



SSKttSSSaaa P£Kfe. SS we^'for =c^a^r 



th ^r n ^w/^;"" MSTft? bfvWthe common construction by three mode,, partial depriv- 

 ation, total deprivation, and ™ttbcation. beginning of September. Having ascertained the 

 7612 Partial deprivation is performed ahou t u ie u eg» mi g f extracted, begin the 

 we'ight of the hive, and consequently • ,he quantity £ Xto£™ni$£r£ £ empty one over it; par- 

 operation as soon as evening sets in, by ''» ert '»f ^fu""™! diameter for if they differ in their uimen- 

 ticular care must be taken that the two hives are of the same diameter ^ tor i i J q ^ 

 sions it will not be possible to effect the driving ot t c to ; 1J . tio n, in^der to prevent the bees 

 sheet or large table-cloth must be tied round Ahem at their pomt ot i™£°* w w £ h a stick or the 

 from molesting the operator. The hives J* l "8 '^ n ar th a "|^ r ^ a to „hich the combs are attached, and 

 hand, but particular canticm must be used to te n f" p °" 1 t ™ e X ascent of the bees into the upper hive 

 which will be found paral e with the en »nce°t *he h »e The a seen t ot t e ^ ^ ^ their 

 will be known by a loud humming noise i d.catne ot ^ P f^ nd tne hlve %iththebeesin it may 

 enemy; in a few minutes the whole amimunity wdl have wm^. an i ch thg b£>es naye 

 be placed upon the pedestal from which the ull rm e w as remo; «L i ne honeycomb corn- 

 been driven must then be taken ' n .to th e house, andthe °P^ at1 ^ ot c » be embraced f inspecting 

 menced. Having extracted the requisite Q^^ « «"J ^SSSSSSt, however, particular attention 

 the hive, and of cleaning it from any noxious tter In Lut l "g tn m ~ colnmenced t ,'^ cutting of one, to 

 should be paid not to cut into two or three combs at onc^Bul na the cu( 

 pursue it to the top of the hive ; and this rautoD ' jf^^Shole of them, you would perhaps take too 

 of two or three combs at one time, were >outt> extract «>«»"£? ° l d , •-,.„ verv pernicious conse- 

 much ; and secondly, to stop in the middle of 1 b ha \° e 7een cut in two, and then the bees, on being 

 quences, as the honey would drop from the cells »hiih have been .cut > j . tneir return to 

 returned to their native hive, might be d ™ w °^j™* f ^^u no t give so much attention to the 

 their natural domicile, being : still under the rmpres jion ,° f f te 1 a J n Tl t ° u ^ oa , r ] f nd from that on the ground, 

 honev which flows from the divided celu 1 ; and ^as ir » c u Id ™™^%'££ A ' ta!asuI e t and a general attack 

 the bees belonging to ' h ^^« h »^ ld j!^'&the honeycomb being effected, the hive 



£?beS^ 



ha^ Ukl^e^on'ofS^etve;^ *5 ^ ■»«-* what th ^ h - e 



lost (H««A's 7> f -ar«e on &•«■) manner but earlier in the season, immediately after the 



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S^^Ttieton^^^^ - U ^ ChiCfly in breedjng ' a ' ,d 



one, if not two, swarms are lost flowers begins to decline, and generally in October. 



7614 Suffocation is performed when the season '«»«'» sulphur, is introduced to the hive by 



The smoke of paper, or linen rag soaked or smeared w > h^> eitea P Undergoing a smothering corn- 

 placing it in a hole in the ground, w here a few sbmls 01 tnese ami deprivation, and the sul- 

 bustion ; or the full hive may be placed on an empty one, in n ! r b ~ ai \ u ' faU lr0 m the upper to the lower 

 phureous smoke introduced by a fum >g^mg bellov. - ^c. 1 he^bees «i u la susdtatio ^ Such , death 

 nive in a few minutes, when they may be removed and Durieo, to pre c Indeed, the mere 

 «"el the easiest, both to the ^«^^^^^ x ^£Tu> toe precise pain of 

 deprivation of life to animals, not endowed with « mtime nt or r ^ect. , ^^ increases „, 

 the moment, without reference to the past . or he future ami m eacn p ^ civilised man „ he 

 effect on the one hand, so, on the other, the »u»ceptibili > ol tee»ng numanJtyi wh ,ch condemns he 

 only animal to whom death has terrors, and hei we the origin of tna jHt j« be applied to the 

 killing of bees in order to obtain their honey ; hut which mi htwun , ^^ 

 destruction of almost any other animal used '"^"ble^saTb^t he patriotic apiarians. Both, however, 

 7615. On the produce and profit of bees ™"f.' ias n 7ever be great while there is the competition of all 

 are extremely uncertain ; and as to the prof. , it "" ""^^'and for swarms. Bees, however, are 

 Europe to contend with as to honey and I wax ^ and no real a ^ ^ theretore very desirah i e 

 interesting creatures ; are supported at almost no expense , a 

 in the garden of every farmer and cottager. 



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