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and if the worms had gained a lodgment, I could ease similar to the potato rot." The potato crop 

 quickly dispossess them. In short, I could per- is also spoken of as in a precarious condition not 

 form all the operations, which will be explained in only in the British Islands, but in France, Holland, 

 this treatise, and I now believed that bee-keeping Belgium and some parts of Germany likewise; and 

 could be made highly profitalile, and as much a there can be little doubt that a large portion will 

 matter of certainty, as any other branch of rural be lost 



economy.^ j The opinion is expressed, that under this state 



I perceived, however, that one thing was yet of affairs, coupled with the unfavorable aspect of 

 wanting. The cutting of the combs from their! matters at the East, breadstuffs can hardly be ex- 

 attachments to the sides of the hive, in order to'pected to recede in price, though at the present 

 remove them, was attended with much loss of^ moment there is some languor in the market. In 

 time to myself and to the bees, and in order to fa- consequence of the spread of the potato disease 

 cilitate this operation, the construction of my hive corn afloat has advanced in price, 

 was necessarily complicated. This led me to in- 

 vent a method by wliicli the comlis were attached 



to movable frames, and suspended in the hives, so GRAPES. 



as to touch neither the top, bottom, nor sides. — ^u- j v • r -i. • • i 

 By this device, I was able to remove the combs at^. ^'^'^ delicious fruit is raised, we are glad to see, 

 pleasure, and if desired, I could speedily transfer^" g^^^* P'^°*y ^° and around Boston. Almost 

 them, bees and all, without any cutting, to an- , •^^^'"y/^''^ ' ^f/g^ enough toj.lant a vine m, is im- 

 other hive. I have experimented largely with|r.''^^'e<?' ""^"V care that is bestowed upon the 

 hives of this construction, and find that they an-! ^'"'^^ ^^ ^^'^^l ^'^P^^^ i° ^^^^ abundani yield they 



some ooserving nives oi a peculiar consiruc- j^^ Ij^.^^, kidneys, &c., and in all the protean 

 , I discoveredthat bees could be made to work I f,,,„^, ^^hich dvspepsia assumes, they are found 

 ass_h.ves, exposed to he full light of day.- highly efficaeioGs Dyspepsia and liver complaints 



swer most admirably, all the ends proposed in 

 their invention. 



While experimenting in the summer of 1851, 

 with some observing hives of a peculiar construe 

 tion, " ' 



The notice, in a Philadelphia newspaper, of this 

 discovery, procured me the pleasure of an ac 

 quaintance with Rev. Dr. Berg, pastorof a Dutch 

 Reformed churcli in that city. From him, I first 

 learned that a Prussian clergyman, of the name 

 of Dzierzon, (pronounced Tseertsone,) had attract- 

 ed the attention of crowned heads, by his import 

 ant discoveries in the management of bees. Be 

 fore he communicated the particulars of these dis' 

 coveries, I explained to Dr. Berg my system of 

 management, and showed him my hive^ He ex- 

 pressed the greatest astonishment at the wonder- 

 ful similarity in our methods of management, both 

 of us having carried on our investigations without 

 the slightest knowledge of each other's labors.— 

 Our hives he found to differ in some very inijiort 

 ant respects. In the Dzierzon hive, the combs 

 are not attached to movable frames, but to bars, 

 so that they cannot, without cutting, be removed 

 from the hive. In my hive, which is opened from 

 the top, any comb may be taken out, without at 

 all disturbing the others ; whereas, in the Dzier- 

 zon hive, whicli is opened from one of the ends, 

 it is often necessary to cut and remove many 

 combs, in order to get access to a particular one ; 

 Thus, if the tenth comb from the end is to be re- 

 moved, nine combs must be first cut and taken 

 out. All this consumes a large amount of time. 

 The German hive does not furnish the surplus 

 honey in a form which would be found salable in 

 our markets, or which would admit of safe trans- 

 portation in the comb. Notwithstanding these 

 disadvantages, it has achieved a great triumph in 

 Germany, and given a new impulse to the culti- 

 Tation of bees. 



TnE Crops in England. — The Londun Mercan- 

 tile Gazette of August 5th, speaking of the wheat 

 crop, says that "it is certainly not promising in ap- 

 pearance ; and however much it may be favored 

 by the weather, the yield must inevitably be short. 

 There are reports of Wight from several parts of 

 the Kingdom, and fears are entertained of a dis- 



present for the cultivator's enjoyment. The med- 

 icinal properties of the grape are hardly well 

 enough understood. They assist, by their dilut- 

 ing properties, in removing obstructions of the 



ghly efficacious. Dyspepsia and liver complaints 

 have scarcely an existence in the vicinity of vine- 

 yards in the old country, except among the inva- 

 lids from other parts. Mho resort to these locali- 

 ties to partake of this" delightful remedy, to be 

 cured of these maladies. It appears to bring 

 about these important results by diluting the 

 blood, and in this manner relieving the obstruc- 

 tions, and causing at the same time a greatly in- 

 creased circulation in the skin. In fever they may 

 be used always with advantage, the juice being 

 very invigorating and nutritious. In dysentery, 

 likewise, they are said to be very efficacious, and 

 in grape growing countries an unlimited freedom 

 of the vineyard, during this season, it is said, iff' 

 aiiended with the best results. But care should 

 be taken that the fruit is perfectly ripe and sound, 

 or it may prove as deleterious as, in a right con- 

 dition, it is beneficial. The paper from which we 

 quote says, they give vigor and great activity to 

 leeble and delicate constitutions, and no other 

 fruit causes so great a change in the feelings and 

 strengi,h of the aged, as well as those in the youth, 

 as the well ripened grape, when tnken in large 

 quantities. They are antiseptic, and arrest a ten- 

 dency to decomposition or mortifieaiion. They 

 cool the ))Iood, allay irritation, and act as a dilut- 

 ent, and thus remove obstructions of the vital sys- 

 tem. Indeed, it is the prince of fruits, and divine 

 inspiration places it even higher than it is held by 

 those who ascribe to it all these virtues. Eat the 

 grape for pleasure and health, and you will soon, 

 in most cases, feel that you have an increased 

 share of buth. 



Col. Baptiste, who has a fine vineyard of black 

 Spanish grapes at East Pascagoula, the vines of 

 which are in bloom for the third tteie this season, 

 intends to try the experiment of wine making. The 

 New Orleans Delta does not doubt that in a few 

 years tlie whole southern sea coast will be one 

 extended vineyard, producing the choicest wines 

 th;)t are now imported from Spain and Italy — 

 Boston Post. 



