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Vol. IV. 



JUNE 1, 1876. 



No. 6. 



OUR ITAMAN QUEEIVS. 



W'E clip the following from the Los An- 

 geles Herald, of April 2!)tli. 



We received last week four flue Italian queens from the 

 ripiary of Newton Levering, of Ore Fino, Cal. We were 

 \er.v much ])leased with our royal pets of ^kleTi hue. 

 Had they been a< dark as a Modoc, or as black as the «ce 

 of spades, the enormous express cliarges were eiiout^i to 

 make them appear as yellow as the gold of Ophir. Their 

 majesties arrived in good order, and have entered into 

 netv scenes and formed new associations. When we in- 

 troduced them and saw tliem surrounded by a retiiuie of 

 tiny subjects who seemed to A'ie with each other in their 

 attentions to their new sovereigns, our adminition was 

 wrought up to lever heat, and as we watched tlie royal 

 reception and beheld these welcome dignitiries walking 

 forth with stately tread and queenly airs, robed in their 

 golden colors, without pull-back or chignon, and attended 

 by their loyal subjects, we iiivoluutarily exclaimed : 



O beautiful golden queen. 



The fairest that eye hath seen. 



With stately tread she doth roam 



O'er snowy fields of comb. 



When the muse suddenly dropped into our menuiry box 

 the following beautiful lines : 



My ncfv Italian Queen. 



BY JAMES MAELIX. 



So stately is thy step and mien, 

 Thou Jiceds't no diadem to show 

 That thou art every inch a queen. 

 As true as reigns the moon below ; 

 And sooth thoii'rt of a regal line. 

 Of ancient name and "right divine," 

 The eldest dynasty of earth. 

 That saw the Assyrian empire's birth, 

 Rich Babylon, and queenly Tyre, 

 And Troas, famed of Homer's lyre. 



It saw pi\)ud Rome her eagles raise. 

 And Venice in her palmy days. 

 The Adriatic's haughty bride. 

 It saw them rise in pomp and pride, 

 And saw them sink in blood and crime. 

 Those empires of the olden time- 

 Outlived them aJl, thy royal line, 

 And reigned 'neath Italy's skies divine. 

 The lilies pale, by Arno's wave. 

 The rose tliat bljoms on Virgil's grave. 

 Have lent such nectar to thy lip. 

 As envious fiuries fain would sip. 



But with thy tiny retinue, 



To bathe thy feet in Western dew, 

 Thou'rt come to soil by freedom blest- 

 Like man's proud empires n::oving West. 



Here, though no Horace ever sung. 

 Or Cit'sar jtroud his legions led, 

 The flowers are sweet as on the fields 

 Where slumber Rome's historic dead. 

 Wyoming's sweet romantic vale 

 Hath flowers as fair and fields as broad 

 As scent the breath of Eastern gale. 

 Or bard or Cffisar ever trod. 

 Then welcome, royal traveler liere ; 

 Begin thy peaceful Western reign ; 

 Possess the dew upon the vines. 

 The flowers upon our boundless plains. 



I almost long to raise the cry, 

 Long live the golden-belted queen ! 

 Bright wanderer from Italy ! 

 We'll rear thy palace on the green ; 

 Yon hive beneath the cedar tree 

 Thy stately Buckingham shall be. 



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BEES OIV SHARES. 



M FTER some inquiry we gather that the 

 J^^ customary way of letting bees out, is to 

 hand them over in the spring, say May 1st. 

 The party who take.s them is to furnish "every 

 thing in the shape of hives, transfer them if 

 necessary, and do the very best he can to in- 

 crease the value of the stock handed over to 

 him ; and after the honey season is over, the 

 honey and bees are divided equally. In this 

 way the risk of wintering is thrown entirely 

 on the owner of the bees ; if he gets theni 

 through until May again, he is ready to let 

 them on the same terms as before. If the party 

 who manages them takes away so much of 

 their honey that they will not winter, the loss 

 falls on himself as well as the owner ; for when 

 the bees are divided the stocks are chosen al- 

 ternately, as is usual with farm products. If 

 it is thought best to Italianize, the managing 

 partner stands all expenses unless it be" the 

 cost of an imported queen, and as this is quite 

 an item, they usually agree to divide the ex- 

 pense. Should the season be a very poor one, 

 so bad in fact that there is neither increase nor 

 honey — ifsucli seasons do occur— the owner 

 loses half of his bees, or rather gives half of 

 them for having the remaining half put in good 

 hives and ready for business. If the season 

 should be an extra good one, he receives a 

 good income from them, with original No. of 

 of colonies or more, and all in good hives, etc. 



