264 TECHNICAL TERMS HONEY IMPORTED. 



philanthropy. In fine, let the bee-master make fair 

 experiment of both the methods, and then his elec- 

 tion. I shall anon give the common rules of both. 



It may be perhaps worth a note, that in India the 

 hive has a sliding valve in the centre. When the 

 hive is full, a great noise is made within and behind, 

 which drives the bees out. The valve is then closed 

 upon the bees, until the honey be removed. 



Mr. Isaac, in his useful little tract, gives the fol- 

 lowing definition of a few APIARIAN TECHNICALITIES. 

 I copy them as being rather more precise than those 

 to which I have been generally accustomed. By 

 Colonies, are to be understood bees in double or 

 treble hives. Stocks designate bees generally, at the 

 end of the season. All bees, from the season of 

 hiving, till its conclusion at Michaelmas, are called 

 swarms ; subsequently, stocks, if in single hives ; 

 colonies if in double. A swarm having thrown out a 

 swarm, becomes then a stock, although it may have 

 been hived but a few weeks. Such superabundant 

 swarming in this climate is disadvantageous. Swarm- 

 ing, generally, continues between two and three 

 weeks. 



Mr. Brown, of Renfrew, N. B. had a hive which 

 cast three swarms in 1807,Jive swarms in 1808, 

 three swarms in 1809, and four swarms in 1810, 

 the parent hive still in good strength. In 1826, Mr. 

 E. Day, of Coldblow farm, Hucking, took from four- 

 teen stocks of bees 5761bs. of honey. 



In the year 1814, imported in the Aurora, from 

 Papenberg, honey 41 casks, 68 cwts. 1 qr. 23 Ibs. 

 In another ship, 8,424 Ibs. From Amsterdam, 4 

 hhds. and 12 casks, 50 cwt. 2 qrs. 14 Ibs. 



