THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONIC 
LE. 295 
3 z0 
18.—1849-3 
by srs. Burbidge and 
house is asa ibbed iter ig metal tanks, 
y means 0 applicable 
practical operation to a large extent on her estate in 
this parish and the neighbourho od. The benefits re- 
hel}. 
the bees exceedingly, and gives them more trouble to 
repair the damage ‘than to fill an additional bop or 
pe ake hi s, and 
ne 
are, I 
- this system anti icipat ee 
fully realized the expectations ae “th 1e support er S m 
Self-s 
wat ere is so tened by 
q 
tent 
I 
Cbs on the, boiler are a decided 
urface to — 
ay Sse dee in ‘ere i 
Que k an 
stit: a 
appears worthy of imitati on.—We fear na loss will be 
Sussex Ex pr 
ram 
the pies 
firs 
5 
this sort a 
ome off; 
cst ould be Caa. of any of its contents ‘for 
1 nag 
e a ar hi 
6 
w ater in ap- 
Mane 
D A 
earance. 
ing i 
ot consume aie ace as twos 
s der them peculiarly sui 
h ‘and early i in July, the return for you trouble. 
Fost an experience of 28 years in comparing am 
Di 
thing 
t, ex die silver. ‘The pe is white ‘and of 
su 
i with 
ma ] of pr re 
7 
1 
with s 
colou: 
conta: 
the usual Seid Sip we When uch pa 
ink y, or blue 
p} 
f, and facility i in, Sai RAE AA various 
ited ije sic a use, pi 
l black ink ted b 
did, organs it is more than twice the size of | tot 
St 
iscellaneo 
te HAs m i 
ne sa 
entleman, which is said to resis at 
the 2 ac ction of all kno own chemical agents, and therefore 
bees u 
| oo litle ¢ crevice in their hives. Itd 
ill neithe: 
operation meal the bees, I consid ler g hive I introduced 
at p. 87, by far the best. 
—G. L. Smartt, Enfield, 
ANSW pea =the. -transpare t substance 
propolis, Meas mi and stoppi 
rye Fae wis 
m Sent nor Pal in bo: 
syeeervetion of pote of Ni rataral nai 7 or the i Cast Indian A hies aceous Plants.—At ntly it isa on gainst the i 
icroscope.— an opp oe it z pie ca D z of fen plants by Messrs. Stevens and Co., the oe pro- Soon: of ‘Abe Satar a m — 74 an error has. 
ting Mr. ‘The aites’ co aopa B®, a ž griaa 0% | duced from 14s, to 5L 5s each; and one of them, a|crept into my answer to “J. ‘Thomas? It ought. 
i 'as his mode of peparing t ie ae perhaps | Dendrobium aqueum, a species of no great beauty,|to have read “put the bee ox about 
nown, and as s uti ag oai Fte realised 10} On the whole, 48 lots were sold for | 10% inches clear each way,” in seed p & 164 inthe 
AT ete h n “ which would be a large hive indeed. A 
= owe hi sete i ion p e April —To those who are interested Smarlt. nention at p. 227 that « À although 
yonr Jouroal. e distinguis 5 ? rity e | in MA Mica ao er, the rarer species of Conifers, it | April has commenced, there are no field-flowers in 
ction is, that the specimens a cady mounted for may be useful to oii that the following are now pro- | most districts to be found.” This circumstance was, 
ved inati ig mee | Webi their cones at this celebrated pla ace. Abies therefore, very ecs to seek garden- 
a ebbiana it for and ywers, White hve 
i meat for inapetion f in as great per A. Douglasiis covered bin, at a distance, whose blossoms never fail to 
| with oe and cones ; and. there are six cones on 
Pin 
cola. 
fford: 
rich supply. Are you aware that ‘oie pre 
een known to swarm in in Apal ? Yourmentioning this: 
backward season in favour of what was 
bee: 
efo a 
; e ee 5. moving bees ril, operates against your plan of 
ated by A ractical algol e Kill Bees ; w Bees to Swarm”’— CERTE Maie A S in March, Was that 
know that scarcely any tribe of plants su Althoua h "this system, 28 ics ‘often stand i has | month not winterly indeed ¢ Examine your bees more 
“sf te pal especially the fr eshwater never been satisfactorily disposed of. The old plan of | closely, and you will find that their “ cells are occupied 
ndochrome, for instance, of | killi profit yr eg ost of the | with brood more five or six aide during the 
EEs pee irely destroyed by | new ‘systems ; ‘chiefly on account of t orthless-| year.” I question if prosperous bees do not rear 
z Ir. Thwaites method every pecu- | ness of the latter ; and sometimes, also, "od a want of | brood at all times. In the severe winter 14, 
by M 
of struc ture is admirably preserved, even to the 
The method is 
ares lanthropist to adopt such a syste 
requisite knowledge on the subject. Ses pena justly 
recoils from the act of killing icy te urges the phi- 
sever’ nter of 18 
Hudgson found brood in the ae on ee 12th of Fete. 
I have found young bees myself 
+ 
bongs and requires only a little delicacy of mani 
tion, which, indeed, may 
This should om I Stered through p repared 
solution allowed to stand for 
ent | direct or indirect i injury to his bees. We e are gi more | 
[preoa to this gens: when we reflect that 
wax t b 
y an ae indispensable 
mey and are 
stiles for man’s bore or com: 
gy 
he you propo y 
ree thik AfA obs. se an improper time for the opera- 
tio oe al Com 
Su mS 
ing keep ping tomtits. 
| you! pP- eapec 
| fom Ayuarr hives by gi sap strings, with what I 
The: 
said, then see which is mo st like an ursery tale.” 
Sle} 
yaa hh 
Me.: ej 
ae A mae Sosa hiv as good as oF ay 
pose. The: hive should b raw, with a wooden top | 
half hey soe | 
f st 
nai “having a a ete either cttelny 
SBi er, 
the cells, but it is doubtful 
crements, or panty uf tbe pte. gals’ to pa left by 
the larva. I mentioned several things that showe 
werk 
this was an unse ee 
I shall give ihe. y folowing poze? ye I received e 
fro 
last 
» hi Fa arati ion. 
Tequisi te to oO mount as Specimen, 
be 
ang 6 
ry phe 
whose 
of o ig sc n 
eae 
coatings 
ta piece BP; oe or other 
of 
ayaa in all round, is 
EEP AE . If you put a fiain of old 
pw gas, having a bearing 0 
better hin 
water, ii eye 
5 
anything y 
edge o: of the Ding should be smeared 
"The hive should | 
a 2 a piased in the insulated | area, the. Br 
an teutly ret retouched » with gold size and the 
4 flui 
paus any draf t. 
and 
7 ins 
yers ; appearing i 
successive layers, pz have just made out five. fe 
be 15 diame 
decide that og cells consist — but 
.in 
and the. top should te made with a 
to that o ig bottom ee 
il] 
; crabs F alip of wh or, whet is better, micro- 
exceeding the si 
pon ie nd pressed gently upon the size, by 
imen is hiraetedtis sealed ; 
en 
— the area,is then | When 
Wooden-topped hives pia thie co rag in winter. 
wanted, hive, box, or 
rence 0 laye 
sea too, cocoons of the brood.” 
n I have exami ined several brood. -combs of dif- 
of 
the top i 
wire; anda hole should be left i 
r the bees to IA by, in kutang of TS piai ke 
If loye! ed, it shou ld be 
<= cells ; the only difference was that the coatings in 
the old w were dar! ker than nin those « of the new ce ells. I am 
ad Ipaa 
to the size of Jer glass, a and a pas- 
sage-hole in fr e fou er, 2 ae AEB © 
the be eS, and not 
brood ; if other wisn, ‘oh are 
have jus 
byi a cocoons from the 
t de- 
coated tha t never contain any 
tion of this sort is ip me a stock-h AF ia. Maced 
pga ier 1a sate a 
will hola avost 
Mr. Thwai 
Ayre gg rls A) peys e freshwater inne ye 
for whi sgns ye ag Op adby’s solution, 
” for 1842, A pe k ‘the “ a WMisraatiiptedl 
t consists of 4 
ounces of a alum, 4 grains ys ee a rg E 
the | closes 
me. Bees of course increase their sped at the proper | 
Leona aes: „probably in March, and) 
etry ; in this they are evidently 
aM 
b which i 
matter at rest; and also o put b 
said Path ine necessity of extracting bs from 
old hiv It is worthy of remark, if brood-elis were 
hey could not 
guided by Tecate ‘or instance, 
stock a piva ari a rite ape han a small 
ri a contrac loss of 
mee the nes ea from the larvze he "bees; and 
Eee if ag aE aor i ihe pa rood cells 
d ha 
2 quarts of boiling water. This does 
, hwate 
es } 3i 
pele mirable 
inly requires some little ex o 
pee ut it will be found so satisfactory in in 
compensate sain additional pains 
vet giving ition room € arly in ak ins a9 
swarming, they fill the sdlargell space. 
related res ens is chimerical. There is wal 
ed at t the same time = 
f| B: 
Much that is 
wal x No. 
ae the mene box No. a ona 
hey wi ed from August until March. i i 
| ba egan i a a March, © days frequently i fies oes 5 
larch; 
pani nies TEUR but 
Ehee in thre o 
(=; 
method is pi sputicable 
so and mpos ally to those of 
"Hev. M. J. Berkeley, in Annals 
or Baslbo urne:—It is our pea 
eath of 
$ aa R ATR Gilbert, relict of 
s indicating wh 
pte. pokey sep ce cane tie A ust have been with- 
case, the bees 
without a ies 
Hah tinued to 
th | under the Aea are 
5 no a penk pal early in April, and both are as 
ine until the 14th inst. 1 hives 
very strong ; the 3d hive 
k. 
tried t 
rtnight ea: ery did n aot succeed, all ‘air 
Socie ey M ired at we 
ae 
Yy, A! 
odin pre ae of a 
ted ban bn 
removed. It is never advisable to ja paik cond o: r third 
swarms (called casts and flights) ; 5 in the gr oe of 
Sen oat we 
ral years dev 
andan subtle 
w the carried tite 
hp carefully removed. 
and 12th of May. Each hive and box is placed on n E 
eey firkin, two pes being bored pipe ape h the hi 
3 the dead were dej gene taps 
on 28th of March, 
except ‘in the ata under the 2d box, in that there 
had | were Sante a thousand ; the box No. 2 is five ye 
old, the othe: ree. For two yea iw followed 
Mr: Jeston’s 
fe Pons x Sa 
ach wie 
5 
plundered of honey-comb hist 
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