€ARE AND RFARAGE OF HONEY BEES. 235 



several wee'<s or mo.iths ; ami both their taste and flavor are said 

 to be remarkably improved, whether kept in a dry air, or subject- 

 ed to the artiotiof smoke. This sort of cheese, M. Hochheimer, 

 who describes it, aftirms to be preferable to the Dutch, Swiss, and 

 even the Parmesan Cheese. 



Potato Chee.w is a German manufacture, of which there are three 

 sorts. One of the best is thus prepared : Select mealy potatoes 

 and only half dress them in steam, for by bursting, their flavor and 

 cflicacy are diminished. f*eel them, and then grate or beat them 

 into a fine pulp. To three parts of this mass, add two parts of 

 sweet curd, knead and mix (hem. and allow them to stand three 

 davs in warm, and four or five days in cold weather ; form into 

 small pieces like the Westphalia Cheeses, and dry in the same man- 

 ner. A still better sort of Potato Cheese is formed of one part of 

 potatoes, and three of the curd of sheep's milk. This sort is said 

 to exceed in taste the best Cheese made in HoHand, and to possess 

 the additional advantage that it improves with age, and generates 

 no vermin. [Loudon'' s Enci/clopa;dia of Agriculture. 



Specification of a Patent obtained for a newly invented, or discovered 

 mode or art, for the care and rearage of Honey Bees, being a mode 

 by which the honey may he taken from the hive ; arid a new sxvaim 

 separated from an old one, without injury to cither. By Francis 

 Kelsey, Lockport, Niagara County, Mzo-York, August 26, 1328. 



FIRST METHOD OF SEPARATING. 



For the purpose of separating a new swarm of bees from an old 

 one, when sufticiently numerous, — 1st. Raise the hive a little, and 

 blow into the hive a small quantity of smoke, (tobacco smoke being 

 preferable,) which renders the bees docile and harmless, so that 

 they may be managed with perfect safety. 2d. Remove the hive 

 from the flooring, or other place on which it stands — turn it bottom 

 upwards upon the ground — place over the hive a sheet, or other 

 cloth, and a sufficient thickness of cloths, to render the hive dark ; 

 a slight hammering Or thumping is then to be made upon the end, 

 of the sticks which run through the hive, which will start the bees 

 from the centre of the hive ; the hammering is then to be continu- 

 ed upon and about the hive, near the ground. The bees will, by 

 this means, be driven to the top, and attach themselves to the sheet 

 — the sheet is then to be raised from the centre of the hive ; the 

 sheet must be raised from the hive slowly and gradually, and as 

 fast only as the bees will follow it up, the hammering upon the 

 hive to be continued. The bees in 10 or 15 minutes, will nearly 

 all be attached to the sheet, when it is to be removed entirely from 

 the hive, and spread upon the ground ; one end of the sheet is to 

 be raised upon a block, or other substance, about one foot high. 

 3d. Place an empty hive upon the raised part of the sheet, on the 

 block ; place a few bees near the empty hive, they will run into 

 'the hive, and their noise will attract the others. They (hen are 



