a Es ne a T N 
44.—1845.] 
THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
i 
‘On this Jawn are 
ave a very bolas So ge PP ble | 
eged immense specimens of | of 
of re 
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nt hive as e as quic ick as they voyea follow each other, 
mouth of tke substituted em 
ee ahs entering at the 
mental trees many cent introduc- the sf ob season. Percrerance oy peal me to o atram n densely filled theside box, on 
Cage Conifers, vwhich h Mr. Herbert especi eceed d the sumr y rier of the roo ees nad all se, bees 
Poncia We measured one Cedar of Lebanon smy g d for the ben fit p å am in Be al 
stem itn 
The height 
fee he 
from the pakai ani has -tintes pi the vances 
(0 feet 
thi 
sis Se certainly 2 a sp! lendid 
sectsat Woolwich. 
of she In May, 1842, I i map a swarm which had been 
I 
tree is quite 
Close Giese 4 
the | had then two side b f wood, i eight inches 
cet acı anches. Ailanthus ; square inside, and ten tee og and joined ies of 
i straw hiv. PRY, a communicati Hiro 
P 
ment, since I foam deh hah these interesting in- 
removed parent Agi numb 
of drones accompanied fhem, ay in pia afternoon the 
fein t hive appeare 
e$ q was nr 5 pleased to abserve 
f enormou “ee, les cep, and two inches broad. one een 
, Elms, &c. On the pied by the bees in filling the 
aà beet 3 nears! and d appropriate | land Sie: which they very horas ariei rip mo 
y . This du ring the succeeding winter I found the side nena 
ps, 
the beds are 
A “ons mowing and again Sheree with | as, 
d groups, producin ver; 
is made to imitate - stone, aed not liable to 
whenever a dead bee sgiam on the bottom ort the 
pleasing hive. it was removi 
to the young one and in the after teal; shady 
and i im 
rN OH a y Pp 
instanee retuned to the same hive from the: 
g 
double-edged, first e aen ree the side box, fi ` y 
7 
Bald, 
f=] 
1 . 14} 3 “agi 
deni n edgir nigh ne 
of Gra 
shment, 
erge The 
Archite ai and 'seuiptural objects ar 
ast oss this | accordi 
tden, the ante is carried down another ‘straight | broad ceived a a great nu 
| had they pre- 
a was in rm te fall vailing at the time. In the res part A straw || 
| hi ve was quite full of combs, and the bees, Tt of 
d appeared, 
from the tego they filled, about 10,000. to 15,000 in 
labours, as if Pg chang had taken: a in. any part roe 
‘their residen 
the.experiment, observing. am 
unusual nia at of the original hive which 
Thad remo I d th 
—the arranging ve 
ith a 
the very least, ‘and I then thought Uhad a 
faction of sol an excellent view of the young queen, 
ery way worthy _ uch an y 
aah moved tl 
number of oer in it, jede pah ae 
ppa remaining about a quarter of an pns on the 
alk 230 g gany ldt Attaching front of the hive she fiew away, followed by several 
ms Holbein’s Poreh, an | it to an- empty straw hive, I substituted another 
ni sing “sree fni ish to such a magnificent por “2 > the parent hive ‘similar, i in every respect, to I did not 
tus lac he interior of this, ‘porch is a statue of At daylight on oe amip nm cat ‘alte greed when she returned and 
Eaclesndeen, ll the b the remov a box meee minutely the. position of the hive :and .sur- 
eo 4o their original hie and in ag rnoen pan ing objects for some time, when -she entered it, 
Life’s but awalking shadow—a poor player, as if no ehange' had Pah tand all was again quietness, as eon have 
T Roane angy oe ae kuhi upon the.stage, place, leaving three beautifal atakis; well -stored with credited, that, the hive vere have heap. 80-5 
E E AE E aip aaar mo side bar they jad cated. -On-the fol- | the great number that had left on ip wo 
es again, with asimi- | swarm. On the fifth day, after I ‘made the ex 
eodars, Cu mprenieet lar à tl , at 7.0°clock a.m, 
ichta, insignis, CP. pio Jia, again ah Ne printings anda mail larger cluster of bees, | and.observed the es bring-out a live > young queen, 
bi Clanbrasiliana, and ne fi Cedars ut they returned to the parent hive. en the follow wing | whieh had cient en stung, — few mi 
nd Juniperus thurifera, 10 feet in height. O mg queens. eT took „into the 
Tight, on leaving the geometrical ah sato, into the side box, the d ide the 
an Orangery 90 fect in length and 24 feet in | straw hive, not o : as under the: „but over th king ease aban emis a anc a 
oe tee fin } l r young noes in metre stages of 
range tr con MIA ive most nasil Behind | 5. possible that they Y were ee T should not m A hia oh Sall tN as the bees were no. doubt satis- 
isa Tenere. garden, with greenhouse, &c., an them ag ain. For three successive nightsthe. beeocepied | fied T ee time their young queen omen all they could 
g and w g plants for ae r display. same position the others for 
ith the effect produced cee al pet whole of that vet but on the afternoon of t sia Ar year. 
allad fan bridge bay iui the river agen uniting the | fourth dev, He afi returned to it, and again Ageodaniio lst of jain wr pa Bol daya the ear 
opposite shore. | work -as e h taken place, and I was {swarm killed all thei zecea but in the 
bridge is decidedly one et the best 0 fos kind we competed to nie sre have their own way. ` In two | parent hive Siig their nes: to eet i 0 meria 
Ti is indeed: rar e days afterwards a Fies sm went off during my ab- | 20th of the same } 
+} z Y E t t. them altagel ether I fied them, and on-s ix different occas: itnessed the 
q with any 3 l l g I might | young queen rea Ea magrap aah ay iar 
bina landscape $0 | he more pagrabos but ihe results were yeas same, Ta by oe Eo, When I first Erime her, she ap- 
itchen-garden, which stands | 7 aent say I lost three swarms that year by annoying pam of perfect s ee not the least afraid 
rom the easy a although at | the bees with my. ao eia ery Sol ; but Ssenipane 
me time connected by wal very spacious, an became pany and very rt much ‘so that.on 
© room for supplyin family of great ex- serving me. ap} was on the front, of 
sa large range of houses, including pi the hive, 
ot cessary garden structures. inside. 
pes are extensively , 50 a Both hives are now in the best and healthiest condi- 
‘glass. The plan of heating by hot- tion, and, for weeks, th not a geeks dead bee to.be 
gutters, instead of fermenting materials, has been seen in, or in front of either hive ; and they appear to 
t satisfactorily here, r. Brown’s be well stored with honey, although the season has been 
n. We ed i hen-garden L hay e, the refore, reason to 
umbers of all the rarest kinds of Conifers congratulate myself on iment 
g, or previous to th ing planted in their per- and from all I have piner am of opinion thata 
ons, this _p: r group of trees imilar plan of operations will bd recente in every 
Herbert devotes -sonihdetohiee attention. instance, and prevent much of the anxiety that has 
use stands at one end of the kitchen- hitherto existed from a fear Hy ae ing swarms.of these 
mands ia view of the whole of it.— g Foree: It is worthy of remark 
ce day trait ar acto t made 
re ies os vot th age se = oe s 
at t E egpetive entrances, affording evidence tha 
+ tae prospero s-.copdition, ; and the L 
ive i appearance.as if no.arti- 
ficial sw: $ wantage of the 
experiment is evident ; as, on, the plan adopted, the 
saniar | s ple resources in the event of bad 
ome, | ma occurring immediately after the: is made, 
mag at net the ane Nb Sn te ae ae 
EE ws cer Sy sis ad ee 
tori ir at getting| In thefyear 1844, 1 again ‘tried pa same plan, but ting, an so, T ‘have no fear of preser 
me oe a ponema ays a ei without os Il that year, aea winter imthem.—John Grant, Woolwich, 
ing fo ubstitut uceeed in Kie one to increase my $ r 
m to i hae found one in Pelargonium capitate. wW S w to act during the present a. OF OPERATIONS 
spia Pre nS of | ye ensuing Week. 
nt in’ loamy soil. own courte, Soles pare in my losing a fine swarm, as =F |, CONSERVATORIES, £e. X 
lo paea Y 100 rods with a i malkae? cating ; we grew | they were seen Laat my aion 4 wa pea orl Ee HOMRORSES COS dirastiaos Eat, former 
i ee ae erop, which pi series com Calendars, = ms e ert ngncere rear grantor vores 
f ien thi consequ: pni not the object now promote 
Wh. hen distilled. the lbs. of leaves ss EAA nearh fni Raa oes Pein isn nents Tra was which we haye obtained. hinges ah are not now: aas o beige 
A kaer than proue su > OLT ARRS densely ven rule of thumb” plan. The season-« i 
could + ag ~—— from aan: gm of the kewe, and a side-box being again aos taker m advantage oe a nae ent earicer wio dus BO 
poft Prilogom MEEN ee ho 2, riget ds te ther the. buoi ile in apposition to sunlight to infuse vigour and 
3 prepared Part this essence was | first sw 2 the present year, I anticipated ano : oae objects under his care. It is at this 
: in the ee st judges to be far superior to tha aday or tw and it then oceurred tome paralias sea that pe oul . ally direct oF abroga 
kmene cig et i | jaten th ‘the nd ha in it, a ami sw oe dora be posse raag Ee Ems og mgt a at at O°, os ery itty 
| wit e combs and: om we the night.temperature. 
straw hive in place of the oignal. Taccordingly tid This pore os B Saat hows ae the few ger a bulbs 
so at 10 0'e ight, he-parent straw hive | which bloom in anything like perfection during dark’ November. 
four n, and rendering Wi i autumnal Foreing, whether. of peaos or ayy is in direet 
That mate wsiewiedibysbe 
its original position 
i era Se I gaven de- th hives and ‘ates e dilar to each other in 
ators A me d 
every respect as. 
the following pa a 
Wan deieh it apace 
t erion, es 
Seoid and dares dre 
ly given one; a en other. 
