Max 13, 1865.] THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE 439 
певали fact however is Я по! T" - sy p Es san The ра, injodidens, as they are neither sheltered from rain 
If it is desired that the swarms should be domiciled 
lant. Аз 
5 this time the majority of stocks that have sur- 
As the month 
ас, as 1n воше 
be suspected. Mr. alter à to the remarks оп PRACTICAL MANAGE- | to shake them as usual into sidera ne the desc pas 
еъ ? marka which WS шр е MERE may y not "be out. of place. The following some- | transfer them the same evening in their permanent 
santhemums—another| what desultory hints are chiefly intended for the|quarters Т way to do this was explained by vs 
in чы о M бше is very сеа коі I benefit of those who may consider themselves novices | last week at page 415, 
opular flow 2: à irpo rios ue i ur ai == ght ra NC ere bers or frames are intended to be used, it is 
» Bimpiy as ers of what may бе | always де 
done to assist the bees for ox ven. banni abd а ys desirable, if possible, to attach to them small 
pieces of clean worker-comb in the proper position, 
This | not only i insures due accuracy, but i is a very consi- 
vived the winter r will pr ы well show whether sd 
ВЕР 
from the mE which ain der ergon e p alteration, 
m I the propagation takes place from seed; in 
сап 
" 
e 1а tter case, сер m if эу, дерездосе ш: 
any plan e kn nown 
coming s Tho 
Ioh a are weak in {р plat ion cad vil be "шылу! t 
Y menses egg- laying much sooner than she otherwise 
No bives or boxes should be painted; it is abso- 
КТЕ ‘to the sem te Á of the bees, as 
effect but little either in the 
swarms (аге thrown o; 
they will be lato, р erhaps unable to store 
5 
a "n 
consumption. If n be 
has been going on pep many years, it is bul natural to 
objeot ' of "he apiarian, he will generally 
do "rell to unite hen weak stocks cox aking care 
ms зат This 
and favoured in this respec 
This mutability was dier ed so чок ng ago as whe 
the first importations from China took place, when it 
was noticed that the buf, the "sulphur and the rose 
e bs 
r bar- уян 
vi mmy Анет A ан. but i is deris difficult | 
5 from those which coour і in the present day 
dns instead of bn nt, as 
in Golden ш; 
cu now, as, for dies 
Jolden тару, G Golden r Calo c &c., they жегево п 
ertain | and e as extrem 
qat 1 rie such hives | mo; 
ample ventilation. 
o 
may be used for protection, let tois be 
After 
eir 
,l 
he more i 
t | county тї deep өчү бети: include sever val well- 
en dat m 
Ч to effect properly with common hives. Earlier СЕЕ Garden Memoranda. 
the чи time all the stocks should hav = - Ави х g 
1 | visited an lifted from their respective diorbonrd E M e qur arci d 9. pine 
hang ER ty id 
r el ев, а great help to the bees, more extensive о it than for : hel eir чеоне variety of 
Near the se bound 
defined r the Me ndi ip Hills, 
У | estate, which i is now connected with Clifton by means of 
produce on the sa ame plant bu ff as 
too late, par- 
are been йу butf, eg the following year mi 
er has bee: e е mutability oceu 
бү, wh apt to chan 
is now some- 
Tti ist 
Eve ot b 
Зе with duni which are D very strong. 
It M now be determined by the beekeeper 
whether he requires his hives to produce swarms o 
honey. If the form 
watch Хог them as the t time for г swarming : app 
rmer, he need do but little more а | 
the — suspension bridge lately thrown over the 
river Avon. The higher grounds of Somerset in general 
exhibit strata of oolite and lias, the lower grounds new 
red sandstone. 
The gardens and ША. ыз situated in the middle 
of a remarkably fine r park containing some 
1200 n delightfully died and well. 
lency are E found = 
cultivated 
шшр at any 
All varieties have not the same tendency to о sport; 
some have it far more than 
ich has 
diffe меб sports oa: the 
жаш E ү Pret ier — from the 
o Aigh The first 
yas from а "et to ros sober: golden 
е а, Б аре fourth to 
white, tho the үт 5 pure white, the sixth to 
variegated foliage, to which шы be added 
f such diversified 
until 
is useless to lay down бка 
may be exp em Usually the appenranco өн а Дд 
number of me „шау be taken as a sign th 
is not far ої. Hives 
actually on the 
when swarms ML 
rs 
wooded. 
e Oaks bu —— with which this park is 
ir kinds—very old and of 
WO! ree ur some СЯ ks 
bro having trunks rough 
d g as much as 30 feet in cir- 
un елок at t3 feet f from fhe groun 
, On the south side of the house is an extensive lawn 
f eds, and 
will frequently take шу, уза skep, nas which the bees 
keto diod out, an h, perhaps, is actually falling 
to pieces [from MAS for their rst or prime 
swarms, intended to stand [as stock "id nen for 
iuis second and third, or comparative jy om 
в, nice new =ч or butts are o 
ower-b cut off from the park 
eris by means of a sunk rd and partly by an 
ancient wall of peculiar form, 
plants of an wire ntal chara In a compartm 
of this garden, at a lower level € than that just ed 
to, isa little circular basin and fc fountain, surrou led b 
Grass 
obtai itg Car 
ona ould be taken that the ^y are internally clean, al 
little ends of straw or of the binding 
Arborvitæ, Taxodiums, and other Co nifers, vine the 
ich recreation sd ^ taken with comfort, 
be snipped away. No e ши dem E. or if md 
be used, let it be composed of sugi 
£1 
even ш the hottest days of su 
Close to this delightful meret n Жо lately 
ned 
AT oce of minor im 
frequently applied, and which eig cause the bees 
к а up and greatly roved in 
ро: 
undergone four adque 
three ; rs io; and Peri that could be cited, one. 
rid of it. The entrances to 2 new hives should be 
In the majority 
в seedlings, aro |o 
open: 
appearance, has just been de а 9. тн нар of 
houses, by Messrs. Weeks, of King's Road, 
| Chelsea, It consists of lar, 
e a theo y M with some dat ets 
} dry summers, 
e 
if an ready cut in Mo | separated from each other by neat genus the roofs 
substance of the hives, let them be filled up enden of w vhich are raised above e adjoining 
io honus e measure to 
to the proper board entrances. So soon k up the sameness of Ir E к long 
"n 
e 
5 the resul that no one can foretell either the time 
manner of their coming. are rta ight be | s 
nes ей Perm it be at once taken to its Рентаи | 
tand. tarte in, very quickly begin | 
grown climbers, and. that in t in the dire of ther range ме 
а fine raised bo rder of ' flowering plants i init t, surrounding 
Barres 
cd Ps proof of this s; but the a: 
in 1864, will suffice. Two cut 
main until evening of | 
rr; oy ar allowed 
bere will return to 1 th 
om a pathway tastefully 
which are ара е 
d „tiles. At the ye =й А; P'this 
the day they issued, 
а beautiful 
spot on the following гафс; after 1 
d 
in sear rching for their home, will perhaps fiy back, not 
a 
and and that removed to a 
nded by some apiarians that t 
lean-to tory, 90 feet in length, us. shelves vx 
bed of which а are a blaze of floral be э enhanced her 
Dracænas, 
is women 
swarm should be put - the old egi al 
ocality. 
s done 
| able for the миң of their foliage. 
, Onthe е ed this house are such c 
bea 
for 
1 strength. It usually prevents - old stock throwing 
off any further casts. Where the chief desideratum | со; 
is to obtain a swarm of great в gth, and the pros- 
perity of the parent hive is a matter of ыланы en 
Ine. rtg ace in suckers, а 
affected, Ps more frequently 
8; in any case, how 
them т soon си ponibio as 
in rooting side branches if 
е sports now become that scarcely а 
additions being made to un 
P umi, ds but none are of any use unless 
Every sport 
к hl 
paila before it can ba Во roughly tested in different 
Succ ntorun а ore 
пиш 
nd then | 
this plan is a very good d one, but it it is 
ded for general Ug 
а Ai Bosek th 
Minton's ornamental tiles, surmounted b 
t a| wooden kerb. 
and the 
festoons P rem фа» rgree ы бо 
nsist of differently coloured tiles edged with 
pera ne, and in the 
— is a 
rs cut off, cons 
white 
"These p а with planta і in E eta 
ds in which th are growing g being hidden 
| decidedly борс o the шиш, habits yo bees. 
| swarm usually comes off d the busiest working |i 
| fe of the @ Ыт a large B oporto of Ше popu- 
tion is absent on fi oraging urposes. Some these, 
f x return, will join the emigrants ; 
and distinct from any variety of | barely form a лун 
die rest 
arrivin ЫШ re йеп ты. the те 
and with the young bees rapidly leaving th 
у: -— to cover the e brood, 
tu! 
hate b ted that 
cepe it deg How Ei can it be expec а 
hive will be in а fair iri to prosper, if nearly | 
mpelled to desert it for the 
The hives with their n ei gy should be properly 
керене as soon as possible. too frequen €: the 
for | toj 
ingly good eff 
ds the T1 dt x^ the jun: of this conserva- 
ith other houses has been erected an 
| ing arbour, in which are p 
sofas, and chairs, а fine view of 'the Conservatory with 
m to bec an old | iem i ci ни 
them 
In front of these houses, all of which are efficiently 
