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ivenyand'the ue shaded ‘in’ sunny-wea- across the*plot, about’6 inches: in ae ex and ja | books br I possess 
Jimie giren n mer, the! temperature shouldbe kept foot. mae These buried ‘wires, 25 in in at Tredti “nit a volame” on bees ia n tho Na A li 
~gbout 80° or 85° by day, and about 70° at'night. For | connected at the ends by two cross wir mache és | Library” ” Huish sa: be 
sa few weeks in winter, no imore water=shou id. © given | were then’ sown“with eis a in rows “6 Spa wen t, | pected on the 8th o = Tah day a site the fi freee swarm, ind 
than keeps ine ooo buds from aoe J when Pod All es: experiments ha e been i in operation for some | that after the 12th ye it is useless to expect niera nd 
- Mtemperattivve Should never’ be raised above 65? “with | time The author of the volume on bees, ‘in’ the 
- freshest. Botanical. Register. obs aad this ‘department ‘we observed:a sort of | « Naturalist’s ibrary” says, “in I0 or 12 days after 
— mares 6-r0 wod Barle Said to be the finest possessed | the departure’ of the ‘old: queen with’ ‘her followers the 
‘Garden 'Biemoranda the oe Tartars. It-was~sown-in-the-end of | hive is in a state ‘to send forth»another band of oi 
Horticultural” Society's Garden, Turnham Green, wr Aprila was in ear in the end-of June, notwithstand- grants.” “P aware that itmay be said, in answer to 
a ing ness of the month of May. ‘Tt:proves to be | my.Statement; that the swarm at the end of! 18*day 
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; tribe*were'in bloom. “Among them we'remarked a | the Roteoe Agiceras. In the same departmeht wassa thirds paniere az a that I- had) lost ay second 
q oo ‘specimen of ‘Oncidiuin Laneeanum, having -six | also, some varieties of Chinese vegetables, sent by Mri tea ar this, could not» possibly “be “the 
q od spikes of handsome blossoms. This,..pe rhaps Fortune, were growing ‘under glass. © Of these, the | case; the hive Miine an very welbwatehed 5 aid}lin- 
best: of the genus yet introduced, was growing*on a | Han-tsi, 2 oie of Amaranth from Chusan, with deed, the swarm is much t good for a pd am Sswahm, 
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s'were indeed” all the een r ish leaves,-is-used-in the way of palecty being’ qui ual to the first. «I omay a thatetle 
the mode of heat- | and is said to be very.good. Others under the sam piping, “so “well ‘understood y bee-keepers, “was! "firs 
preaily conducive to their well- niine from Shanghae, had more pinten foliage, auld | -heard.on' Monday the 23rd ult., the 12th day, aiid’ Was 
n ‘bloom the\pale va- | proved'not so excellent as'the sort from oe san. Here} daily, and» almost continually, to be heard, up. to the 
oeulata, Prdttiolne a spike of six | was wa the Hoosung, a plant ‘having the a appear: ‘time of ‘the: ‘second’ Swarming ; y immediately ifter wisich, 
» having’ a panicle of lance of a Let ettuce, with lanceolate aati the s i 
owers 5 yithe | yellow-flowered: Epi- | of which bing stripped ‘of their rind and’ cooked ‘are nge caer “drones, their occupation being. goue 
with’ E: ‘diotum, a spe- hueh- e med ri the rs Among the more Bux LC., Marche ster; oF geen ing aa thevlateaan- 
gy n flower in’ thé bed of the: aee? | favourable water” thes swa min ng Season may GW" be 
e T blossoms. ra the aia n iS the! wary re- STAR were “Geevillea retinas producing `o; ided ell to 
ed ‘some ti m Mr. Fortune are’ looking | bens of-dingy orange-blossoms,-and—a. tall. Canna [yay npantiattie r-attention to ioe bees.at ‘this:important 
ably y heal, specially a Deutzia from Shang- | ir vidila. from the top of whose stems hung graceful }'t The apiarian is SA A of the intentionsaf his 
a — —— eras: from | racemes ‘of rosy. pink flowers. This is a native of ee by ‘many. significa: t-signs ; _previousiy: ‘they’ will 
‘ampanu and Jasminum, | Peru, and is the most beautiful especies of the. genus|-hang in elusters at the A EAA to the hive; seemingly 
Ha ‘Adin, a Viburi | yet: introduced. a shelves were gay with -many |'prevented “from entering bythe ‘crowded state--ofthe 
hanghae ; -a Man: | varieties of “Eriea, “intermixed «with: other “plants, ‘interior, but, in ‘reality, they may be cousideréd' ag the 
"several ARA plants ; aili inva very | among “which we’ Arini à, Chiodi seutellarioides, elders deliberating upon the future movemeiits of the 
i ag ‘conto, atid ‘some appearing: as ‘if ' they }a useful New —_ = with tty \violet’)sinfant portion n of the e co mmutity zi afew hours previous 
owi bivsa, hithe dy- department, pwe noted ‘a fine | ‘to’ their dep h iu thehp- 
Mopasanas are in progress for heating the bed iof specimen of vere speciosa, producing: f our spikes of | -pearanc e of the hive and in the acti f ite iiia 
the curvilinea: rstove. This-is to be effected b by y branch. Some jinstead of wheeling about in-mazy- circles, darting with 
nks, inclosed im a hollow. chamber wouait {ir di ifficulty vhashitherto. been experienced +i n -flowerit rapid flight'in'search of the sweetly -scented Migneuette, 
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ings in the-sides’ for the escape of | Stecessfully this valuable New Zealand proddstion, but | or alighting laden with the toil of a well-spent'ratmble, 
Y to that now in use in ‘the Orchidaceous- | here it was in all its native beauty. In ‘this instance, it |-hundreds y be seen in a.state.of listless inaetivity 
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work. Before leaving this de. | rather stinted in its growth, which`in very casefavours fand the issuing forth to seme previoucly select 
we may: mention ‘that, inthe range of pits|in | the production of bloom. Beinga att flowerer, itshould’| spot ;'the apiarian’should be'prepared with wz hive; well 
the tanks (formed of brick and | possibly also =m excited into growth early cleaned and rubbed with fragrant flowers, to cöltect 
ated ae fa twa and be- In this depa rtment we noticed plants of Mesembryan them, which is a very easy matter should they: alight 
re ‘found t th e branch andyplaeir 
> but! ane ene a dr ryn re place paame the anchie. it tipon a cloth = i hive ove rit; if the: tey fix"npon 
ment contracted and “expanded This, ie of altvating seh things appears anch of a-high tr Yby 
applied, and. cra a admiral keeps’ the succulent stems off thed: /ropes round ithe trunk and. the eaten should asvend 
Pe te hee ee. ae ] fwet: pi swe vseldom -fuils: to cause -the ‘branches } with Wt must 
experimetits e been made in ‘this Si ‘to'damp off When ‘lying “in contaet'with’it. The most a the: bees. eat th hi be 
ur ink with the view ee ‘ing scale, te on n., plants, attractive ‘feature of the open grounds at. present | screened from the and in. about-an ee removed 
efinst we shall mention. was are the many varieties. of ocean a are now ft thelr permanent situation: in the apiary. ‘Yheeusual 
whi hoaa dto destroy Wealeiont n ‘perfection ; in’ the “flower® garde ‘observed a 1 atid 3 yaa 
w jis was found, tower, 1o t have no effe ct on useful poseaee for. securiig the “trees against the which- time- reen shouldbe closely. watched. Ilea 
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1” with’ it, as recommen ded ty Me obligaely into the‘ ava a and =the ee at equ d ts secon in strengtiching the ary by warms, costo 
wash ot again: by syringi mati a horizontal ei Nutt's Hives.—A great deal nee tthe 
“ ‘thus ght g Other wires are then ‘mpd ventiiation’ of bees, and the omg aar map ‘ar 
ee produced, and u until the old ones | fastened d the: eps low’ this," and- to'these the f7 Nutt’s hives, I have had one of these hiv 
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hojon Be Hi g | pury dmi shige lusion, we must: er mg weve: r comple te. “We are directed’ to give ae 
nts exceedingly ` Sji ; eral ft ti b I bed of Fedia ema ote This | room, to Jet.them have a free eee from-on 
rosan irera th it, w he | hardy li om Algiers, » and | hive to anothe er. ‘The late ne Freya utso — hive 
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Them eof application is this :— ery little comb in ‘them a free, open: 
an-empty water-tul pr mb, paa Hin ae “eee omnes where it forms~abeautiful’ mass | tntihfestion with the middle hives FE nuit 
ered up closely, So as to retain the A | of pink-blossom so close as Ekar to entirely hide the | this, the queen has led forth a. colony whenever: the 
sbhat lant, | foliage —July.1, 1845 hive has fen in-a“prosperous condition, Indevd d, I 
is r containing mereg Xis ; cellar àme hat be u shie $, ‘on f 
x ho time 3 $ or abou. x sie ng the Sing r Fac a Hoilyh ockext:Dihad*a ready, let..them have ever so mn. iig After. 
. Bhequ RAOSTA beautiful japa piemin “Holiyhock. ‘in’ flower, which if ¢ 
patty of spirits of, because being, placed | at the foot of the 
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A excellent effect. Having gone, lil Wied others, Sabie: lin ron mee with me whether the ey do'so vr not. “Lhe 
males d I take with them when I do net want*to’ in- 
ock very white, and very single. Subsiction dhie waril ed, i is 
aoe ¢ possible 5 the new individual-was v ery stron g, | Crease my stock; or ‘to DEIO ne We ù 
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ork; have'not* pushed ; one orn tt wen A nan rag A is, sly 2 bunch of ye Den q r eag A riha üèny, 
appears el to die. Amorg other flowers, ver doubles ade rhe oes J has*made its Phen I take her away ; = z er imme- 
Severalhon-electro cult sere 105 y middle of “the ‘other branches, “This diately, aud ina short time betake t themele ves“baek to 
Every alt aan sown; two adji sini g patches |p ni; mie SNE ‘their’ old' home. work before. ‘I do 
vlad pron had a pair of e copper need | ign ‘not know whether this fact H 
ety re pases gn arn eee are we Inte pal rs 
by’ pateh ; thes e'were “cone P Auch, cit siete Horie co years. U 
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rate ha . ad ee eie e received conor gp eter While co eine viat Eehould pon akri queen 
t-in'width, ‘and. 2 feet yon mn BAA aia? man, Her pe el et -ii arr Sad h il on the surface of the arenan laeky' though tstrack 
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bas Ahen Pe ‘plates of the of ‘the: leaf, ~whose* extreme aoe ce SARE oon gt 
n a — oa sien i fect, sid" ‘at T6: inches aan ‘the’ base ‘it measured | i em Whien F’ekwthv-beas aing 
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t bovo t with a co jer-wire zd eg 41 = | f g weeks | * aap pikap ; but atil a ip sr ine 
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rom ha stretched Bees. hive, ihtaking ioe a would, no doubt, enter it s 
astoa w the lower | Swanina of Bees. I-am ‘anamateur- ners others had done. in this T was mistaken ; they pres d 
ot — andika éfthe-cens r the outside of the hive, and com- 
he ground in this experiment, hive, front WHR ¢ z had, on Wednesday’ the Tith ilt., petal covered..it. -They- remained in diis way until 
go ground was H a strong } 4 o’élock in ‘the morning, when I visited them. On 
n one of these were'two poles [second s e e second being days: after the losking rather curiously at them serv 
2° aman at top, into. which | first. There’ pro bably ‘is, to pee keepers, nothing re- | queen! I took her ring ana every bee wett ints the 
horizontally at right akena, in this.; but to amateurs, like myself, who} hive. Thus I found out | to keep my hives s strong, 
‘From these’ bal ledge. of the h jian ition, by simyly removing the 
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