190 FARMERS'* AND MECHANICS^ JOURNAL. 



of a friend, of making known to you, for publication, (should you 

 think proper to publish the same,) my method of preventing the 

 destruction of that useful insect, the Bee, by what is usually called 

 the Bee-miller, or Bee-worm. 



I have, sir, for many years, been the raiser of bees, and was at 

 one time much troubled with the bee-worm ; but, upon examina- 

 tion, I found, they always bred between the bench upon which the 

 hive gat, and the bottom edges of the hive. I first adopted the 

 method of having the bottom edges at the hive, brought to so small 

 a point or edge, as to afford them no shelter ; but now, during the 

 warm season, I raise the hive by placing small sticks around under 

 the hive, so as to raise it, say about half an inch from the bench, 

 which I take out during winter or the cold months. 



And I can say, sir, that for many years I have seen nothing of 

 the bee-worm, and that my stock of bees have increased as fast as 

 I can or could wish. Yours, &c. Miley Hamilton. 



[American Farmer. 



IVEISCXSZiLANEOUS. 



We insert the following Queries from the American Farmer. 

 Many of our subscribers are well acquainted with the business of 

 manufacturing Pot and Pearl ashes ; and we should be much obliged 

 to any of them for communications on the subject. 



A Southern Planter, utterly ignorant of the process for manufac- 

 turing Potash, will be grateful for any information relative to it. 

 He possesses beach wood in abundance, which he is instructed pro- 

 duces a greater quantity of alkali than most forest trees. Not be- 

 ing acquainted with the requisites that would warrant an engage- 

 ment in the business, however simple they may be when under- 

 stood, he is induced to solicit the necessary information for the ac- 

 complishment of the object in view ; and, however apprehensive he 

 may be, that the minute inquiries will require more courtesy than 

 he ought to expect, yet as they may benefit others as well as him- 

 self, he will, without further preliminaries, proceed to state them-: 



What season ought the wood to be cut ? 



What length, when split, and what size ? 



Is it most productive burnt green or dry ? 



Is there any particular form for stacking or piling it ? 



What is the best manner of collecting and securing the ashes ? 

 and what the means employed ? 



What the number, size and form of the kettles and other neces- 

 saries required, for a definite number of laborers — say ten ? 



If the kettles be set in furnaces, what the proper arrangement 

 for them ? 



Give the whole process of boiling, setting, &c. The requisite 

 buildings, &c. 



Lastly — Can the manufacture of potash from the beach wood, 

 be profitably and unremitcdly pursued, where there is no want of 

 the materials within a square mile ? C. E, 



