= p48.) THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE, 595 
tion, seeing g g Pines, but it happens, | great wet, am letters are dated from Disco in Baf- 
oer too often nubs h having a degrading _and | somehow, th th at th } 1 ledg f any great fact, is | fin’s Bay 
ing effect the F a a the just ————— sans aan meea a ee 
ae ib sbitants. For example, the striking and ob | quently y another. i. pi a strong desire to Bees. 
vious i infer eriority of thos e-who a iently Y, EARE S ype Pillans Bee Hiv H tried y kin 
those ook some pains, as well as time, to investigate the of hive, my cariosity was excited in seeing ag 579), 
each cottages, with sufficient gar dens. “Henceforth, | oie Mr. in this way E Pillans, saai 
of his $r esses, as far as Pine growing i „by “y” la migs prepared to dis- 
ontact, but eertainly not a than two, in rural dis- concerned ; 3 in one of the: mothe prinsipal fruiting hove, cuss ce merits of this invention, which, like many 
cts. The occupant of a ached Puang ith an | he grows winter wed spring Cudu 3 the Trop | others, may do well enough ; but I wish to observe that 
| appropriate garden, has Le ae chane : ok, beu ag the idea can (accordir 1g 'to Mr. H, rey grown w ith PE as the projector is influenced l by a desire to avoid the 
happiest and the best member of his class; and the best, | priety in a house, t object of which is b spee] penianhioone aks Ei Nutt’s hives, 
a <} most industrious, and most desirable aneo i for du — “abu ndance of first. rate Pine- apples. Mr. w wine ee to them, why notat: once place the Liven 
the farmer; of such pre-eminent importance is the | tirely j shade or cove Who can possibly ex speet 
F: pntori, or dis- comfort, of the dwelling, to the norals i ly late Grapes ; as, if “sueh-be the case, it ld w rel } g 
sacrifice. The ur oden box, melting the honey as fas beg 
hat his would not be an improper interference with Proiiter: ic humidity, necessary to carry 0 an the Taip store oit, a compelling pa Jotter to leave it, 
rights is manifested by tl y pr age al, | ifnot and cluster on ‘the It bad enough hee 
: 1 ruinous. p to bi tl tl eg ealth, as ot the e pro- | straw hive to be be ace any cover or pro- 
apoli Vin Ehe fret, and most peniad fea- | tection, but no wooden ai Aet at any time be left 
Bsalus Ahi &e.—the siae of the Ain peopie, | ture in Mr. H.’s Maa em, is fruiting the sucker on the | unshaded from both wet a It is a. mistake to 
othe poama law, The arents of fam ili ies were re- | old stool ; a I a aa rdly say is Nao own | supp hat bees like piaia ko the heat ; on th 
minded, ti y f doi the bn isi! This is at o in my itrary, they delight in the cool shad we * is as 
f their hiiren were about to be afforded, and they | opinion, of this part of he Potions cruel to leave them ex the burnings as it is 
co ished to take -the Sea assidnans eare for | The second feature is the preser i si the old rvots | to —_ ang out a eaged bird (a very common ot e) 
and religious instru | for a much longer period than Si commonly practised— | against a hot wall in the midd ay. Let the wood of 
premiums were then distributed as ‘fullows :— | say for nearly seven years. The third, although cee which “naka Dice ig’ r shelr shape), be mia 
jah Ede, 27 ; George Brewer, 11. 10s. 5 Henry Sione; at variance with preco onceived opi! nio ms, Appea s to | enough, and plac pener or cover impervious 
4 Joseph Risbridger, 15s. 5 Gł answer, and grr eather, pao sb a piia farther tha 
eph w ebb, 5s. 5 Thirty- two other enna h, mosphere all the winter, The fourth consists in a common aerate, SE the locality be a good on 
$d. Taag heat than is cus. | dn Old Apior 
I to i, and a woadman’s leathern jaeket and tomary. Mr. H. considers about 82° to be the most ANSWERS.— > ao a he 563 that “an 
gloves es Whitm ps Now jallnding to the preserve annual swarm > apne the health nest stock ;' 
© Mr Mom soh in Psin cael say a few f the old it g e facti is, i is ay ged a ia 
ing. observed, that he, for one, experianced 1 great long since recommended b by the late fdo swarm, eT sie, I before obser whe 
re in seeing so full-an attendan G “9 cottagers Mn r Renighh that it has o crept more fully into prac- | oecurs:to any extent, ate is a ‘oss es aliyi in — 
d B their families, the greater pa EG om ‘he ‘had | tice. If it ean be e proved (and I have no doubt it ean) | seasons like the present. This admit, yd r you say 
for many years; and he was as g ay Sa find that that the old stump is A e or ready provided | that you condemn the pasur ar af frequent swarming, 
20 well deserved the app probation of the fi d g it had taken s ome ex-'| and consider “ that it nismauagement. 
dent they did, from the produc- | p f both ti It is perhaps Moca sie k por y oe it is natural’ 
haf, +h tl 
r gardens wh ethe spread y the ao t, to nome if, I say, this bees to swarm more than once in good seasons. And 
e aki and for whic, blei the general good | can n be ron wn, Fes not, in the name of common-sense, | vou study Huber, you will find that his views on this. 
ivation of their gardens, many'had obtained prizes ; | retainit ? ideja vet a thegreen pont not Es accord with what I have said, ‘but like- 
sting that each succeeding year he, Mr. Morrison, — me ofa and eho 1 Mr. Golding’s words, namely, “after-swarms 
find the cultivators of gardens equally, or still | featu Jl re ”—See Dunbar or Bevan 
eserving of the rewards which were offered for gine deanna period, tands Ba. apposed at | on this su bject, The following extract, respecting the 
ptance. Observing that the plates of Goose- | once to all oe pea Mr. H. ase of colonies by first _swarms, is from my own 
s then on the table were not very | (and, in my opi gh most pare that old friends, book : 7 The instinct for 
ogee posed offer 10s. in two prizes, for | taken 1 care of, are mate superior to new ones. | (old q ) H u | head- of 
ruits in the next year—5s. for'the'hest plate of | À to r. Ho, two serious evil are involv aperies. been known to found ‘three in the s 
acres ani the sap sum for the best plate of}in the anomp t to get abundance of new white | season. f this, Huish mentions one Birch which 
Currants. He was e that these were not | fibres up stem, viz., the necessity of es happened at Melville-house, Fifes hin Pease recol- 
come ‘subjects for ulation, but the wives of | a aaki amount of valuable foliage, an the circumstance, for the bees der my 
tg ea right of them pti dly, that these white iaga as sei gE. That, eE was a ar rare oceur- 
wit d cul- | will in all probability produce Lancs rence, lke the cireumst: the lady’s l 
if not decay in the original come y thereby losing Ha a hie yas speal AERAR cong cel whose. 
ò 
PE 
at ey th et husbands, hs regen oro 
; bati luable assistanee of thou sands of mouths, adher! are 12 inches by 12 and 2 in Ienaga and 
the objects i di he say is “consilera those of 
mutual eeit ia ere at his ae of the plant, ` The third eare, viz, aà ree Bo moist} Bevan? Whose box Xes on find are oa rps square by 
wit a 
to 
be 
hon soei ip 4 r, —Your bees ‘seer 
r he was assure lishm: to be the most disputable le “ground i in the whole, Bon. not se have had any roc ester eggs or brood 
id ‘of, f hand w work, and an prsi e before him, ever, since fac ts are si pobliven t hog I will say no more enab le them to rear a queen. However, that may - } 
heir gar ening hill Fourth d bott 
crest ‘they al take Si their common pursuits, so heat, it strikes me. that although Mr. H. may be very | proper growth of the insect, w appears in about. 
ous in ingacing SpE a n coupled y suspe! re Was a pe with them in 
oo as of m te fs us improvemen He | with the rest of his system), yet, that a moderate |the box when taken off the stock, otherwise they 
ouid be alwa; ways h ~~ paese pea in ge poro degree, hoast ei — as thus wa is by | would not have begun to work without one. You may 
= Promote the objects of this Society, of which he very Pen "oien tag ‘them iy, the unite your weak colony with the swarm, aud the sooner 
uy approved, oor or a een fer Mr . Hami he ł , for it cannot have mùch brood, and there 
Citarraan, after expressing his regret at the chamber under his fruiting bed, and this cireumstance will be no loss i in that way. Ino order to. de’ this, i in the 
msenee of the noble mon of this Soci ety, observed, 
ai it was in the Bs wer of e p t to improve his he pleases. I may add, in poe rea that Mr. B s paadi, E era Ea oue green, and mix e bene i- 
. and perseverance, and the agri- oe dou ever the top } allow ther ja Wa scen 
was eservin; of est a roba- | of t ots rawin 
ion A kaan lity. ghey ver ee cts D if t 
at hi bilities in bringing up his family in habits | The open ee at this eo? in p pu do i Ha- | in order to cement ae jasia A See remarks 
a iat i ~~ ery dress: 
B pme 
a on N 
apia “8 and setting them a good ex- milton gea aretits the yy) Bay, this subject in n the Chronic le for Au gust Jith, aud akso 
hie was sure the members would have a | This i is s done <2 tur ning a or full of ees | = apt down, 
st wishes of all the subscribers for their _ Miscellaneous. Í y hives 
er other premiums which 
s'he ld b . ts ay t ral history with this ex edition we |'bees. “Tap the under hive, and the bees will au pae 
ven ib as Sa Me ih pe a ES PARE ? ia i the Upper ; take away the one containing their "o 
d 
i with:a arepetion ERE par 3 aah RRE seb Y. Ses g } fieh Bees —— wut t 
working peopte united i inte- | wind. Mr. ffiċi d sim pe plan, = tng fe ie impřisoned dje fo 
Pci Social, ieee pines smn pes the Pies from gi ci Franklin lan and also | day i order to ka ir i ee 
Sponiitare for :th ee TI h weather has nted hi Indee 
oo “a 5 tools, Pe re were as follows : by the men The rough weather has preve s i a heess ia ae Sonny ar : 
T i gloves, 12. Se parine of gardens, 3. } yp a vf p d a hig ss by omg ma z pag mee th abject pia ao hoes ‘ie 
ms in 10/.; books, M. 16s. 1d.;| mals. As this is nota gical new: spaper, w we do eir fate. great € s to 
= not enter into details. In Davis’s Straits they were able | prevent a sudden attack when they first meet. — 
DAL i Genrnia to sink a dredge to the depth of 300 fathoms, and ob- hog eae riagi bah parties awhile. The ge 
Tag Committeo gi ge omg SOcT ar. tained many living animals from that great depth. This season prevented your iing the box 
held the Dalry Free Gardeners” So- | is helieved zo be fi greatest depth from which dredg- hone: honey, and not the- length È they had to: ela = 
: iy meeting on Frida, A ust ined, as ti t by Professor E. pres Des 
me Caprai Bie giair, 5 ot Biain was adagltoed- a me = Farina the sae and which f ee cxoeeded all pre: ingress at the top of a very Ae hive, ine, day seal 
af the- el are haege notice o of th were not ob from more ‘than 230, the lower entrance. 
i nel S a is also about to pcs age is not long since = would acetate ‘bees. er attend ne career per ton 
. D rs | dered as ridiculous to expect to o fin life under the i im- | ment for the larvee or brood, and I bere a see 
it oar be, the Society | mense pressure o! of water, but now we ore dead ones ont from | pi = areas 
` -amount to rearly | that animals can live even there, and that i field— — a. a ts gt 
interest. £ tom are animals.there must be some vegetable bodies | by 30 feet in width, it-would make good bee-pas n 
a rna opi confined, 6s. a week, | to supply them with food. regione with hte years rows. bey t with Croeuses, th "i ve a 10-fee 
o about, furing illness, Societies -started Seti uiar — —- : with a — at. = 
Sstablished in every. on board, w: ma ot epee em again for a | i 
— th 2 with a 23-feet path on each side of 
Tong time peobbly not uni the chy tater pe ej pe oy edged wi x iy “ $a 
en n-thyme. 
ety poss — ie "part may bh -Galvia n morosa, or wood Sage, 
as of eee Soak ie p a return, ora e agaes ia be ore hust bo a Ead blotebedleaved |) e seada plante a about Z feet 
