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NEW ENGLAND FAEMER. 



July 



industry has wrought in our circumstances of liv- 

 ing since 182B. 



Erening. — I have just returned from the house 

 of God, where I addressed our people on ihej 

 goodness of their heavenly Benefactor during the 

 year which is near its close. It has been, on tke 

 whole, a year of prosperity to the Hawaiian na- 

 tion. Health has prevailed as a general thing. 

 Peace has blessed the nation with its balmy in- 

 fluence. The earth has yielded her usual in- 

 crease, so that to-day we may justly speak of the 

 watcliful care of a benignant Providence, and of! 

 the loving kindness of God to us all. In addi- 1 

 tion to the products of the earth purely Hawaiian, ' 

 there have been sown and reaped a larger num- 

 ber of acres of wheat in this district than ever be- 

 fore, and though a good deal of this was de- 

 stroyed by the caterpillar, still some 1(3,000 bush- 

 els were secured and sold, besides a good deal J 

 reserved for seed. Considerably many oats werej 

 raised, also corn and beans. Besides these es-j 

 sentials, the islands are fast developing their ca-' 

 pabiJities of ])roducing fruit. Oranges are be-| 

 coming increasingly plenty. Peaches, also, wilL 

 soon become abundant. Figs have long been so,' 

 also guavas and custard apple. I have not a' 

 doubt that Hawaii will become famous as a fruit- : 

 growing country. In this prospect I greatly re- 1 

 joice, and I am exhorting the people to turnj 

 their attention more to fruit-growing. Oranges 

 and figs eaten freely would conduce much to the 

 physical health and enjoyment of all classes 

 among us. Some of them are beginning to think 

 more favorably of this department of labor and 

 enterprise. The growing of wheat, however, at 

 present secures most of their attention. Though 

 it is not a very profitable branch of enterprise 

 still multitudes wish to try their hands at it, and 

 as the Hawaiian Steam Flouring Company pay 

 cash for wheat, an increasing number are thrust- 

 ing in the plow, and scattering the seed over 

 the furrowed fields. One benefit the people are 

 certainly deriving from the introduction of wheat 

 into their country, — they are forming habits of 

 industry. In this I greatly rejoice. Of the suc- 

 cess of their labors I will tell you in my next 

 communication. 



Yours with respect, J. S. Green. 



Fur the New Ensland Farmer. 

 THB APIARY— BEE HIVES. 

 Mr. Editor: — In the Farmer of January 7 

 I noticed an article concerning bee hives, which 

 has led me to give a description of a hive of my 

 own construction. In the first place, make a sim- 

 ple box twelve inches square inside, and tv/elve 

 or fourteen inches high, as the apiarian may de- 

 termine. The top board should be fastened on 

 ■with screws. The sticks to support the combs 

 should run crosswise of the hive, and made a lit- 

 tle shorter than the width of the inside, and 

 fastened by nails driven through the sides of the 

 hive, in such a manner as to be easily drawn with 

 a hammer. Now whenever it becomes necessary 

 to take out the contents, you have only to sever 

 the comb from the inside of the hive, draw out 

 the nails from the sticks that support the combs, 

 and take out the screws from the top, then raise 

 ihe contents all out whole, cleaving to the top 

 board without injuring the hive. 



Having explained the why and wherefore, I 

 will go on with the construction. Now make a 

 passage crosswise through the top board the 

 whole width of the inside of the hive, one-half 

 inch in width, for the bees to pass up into the 

 boxes. Nail flat bars one inch in width on the 

 under side of the top board lengthwise, or from 

 front to back. To cause the bees to build in the 

 centre of the bars, stick a piece of comb on to 

 each bar by dipping it into melted wax, and ap- 

 plying it immediately. 



I prefer the flat bars, because there is no pa- 

 tent claimed on them, and then it is less work to 

 stick on the combs than to make the bevel bar 

 of the Union Hive. And the passage through 

 the top when the boxes are inverted, answers the 

 purpose of the hollow roosts of the Union Hive. 

 The boxes are made with holes bored in the bot- 

 tom. 1 usually make two passage ways across 

 the top of the hive, with a hole in each end of 

 the boxes exactly over the passage. I prefer 

 holes in the boxes to a long passage to corres- 

 pond with the passage in the top board, because 

 the queen will not be so liable to enter the boxes 

 and deposit her eggs there, thereby converting the 

 contents into brood comb. At the same time, the 

 bees can pass up between all the combs into the 

 passage way, thenco to the holes in the boxes. 



Now for a contrivance for your correspondent 

 from Leominster. Bore two holes in the front 

 of the hive under the top board, exactly in line 

 with the holes in the boxes ; to be closed by a 

 button, and opened when the bees are at work in 

 the boxes, and for purposes of ventilation. 



The cap to cover the boxes is made to shut 

 over the outside of the hive, and rests on cleats, 

 and to fit the bottom as well as the top of the 

 hive, for the purpose of wintering bees in the 

 house; the cap should also have a ventilator. 

 Now invert the cap and raise the hive from the 

 stand ; set it into the cap resting on cleats upon 

 the outside of the hive, then carry it to some 

 dark closet, open the ventilator and take off the 

 boxes, and your bees will come out dry and clean 

 in the spring. N. K. i,. 



Otter Biver, May, 1859. 



To KEEP Moths from Furs and Wool- 

 lens. — Shake and beat them well, then tie them 

 up tight in a cotton or linen bag, and hang them 

 in a dry place, or put them into a chest. Noth- 

 ing else is necessary. This process is effectual, 

 because the miller cannot get in to deposit its 

 eggs. It shuns camphor, tobacco, or anything 

 else of the kind, as much as a hungry boy would 

 a good apple. We once deposited some nice furs 

 in the centre of a cask of tobacco ; but the moth 

 cared as little for it as for a cask of rose leaves, 

 and ruined our furs. Tie up the furs, and they 

 will be safe. 



Wheel Hoes. — Every person who has half an 

 acre in carrots, parsnips, onions, &c., all told, 

 ought to have a wheel hoe. He can raise ten 

 bushels of carrots or onions as easily with one, 

 as he can Jive without one. Wont that pay ? 



