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JuLY 31, 1875.] 
GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE. 
139 
omb to the bars, a asing 
making new combs if they are liberally fed with 
"The poor gentlemen е. have lived in great luxury 
all the summe n their usual afternoon's 
Et in séns style, are now found to be an incum- 
brance and a n upon the working че 
i af anh nes in the human hive. 
ittle 
poer eio d bk ше enirn idlers out 
of the We 2. gem е а Gog 
ers of 
we say corpulen Teens, 
a terrible noise a as an 
s time, h 
dication of this slaughter is cn лей 
by drones, to peris 
month of July i 
pee workers, they then commence to 
ron 
2 imperfect, 
the r part of the 
is ets or B little eed дыме һу 
of the 
5; if a goo һау а іѕ s prolonged to this 
o think about 
sisi ve, until they are finally carried out dea 
they tease and ES o oa by biting vigorously at their 
wings and legs, pel them to fly off in haste; 
when клу ате Recens id d нба not to quit 
by fair m e stung to death—though this } 
1ѕо cause the death 
in active progress, are not very good tempered ; woe 
be to any one who interferes, though it may be onl 
i wise to save the workers so 
9” 
h 
m any respectable dealer in apiarian furni- 
ture, b ey are all made upon the principle of 
llowing free egress to any vac bee which may 
accidentally find its way into the 
ook carefuly over your sto dd : if you do not 
observe them carrying in pollen they should be sus- 
pected; if the stock is Fa it will quickly be 
infested by thieves, and when E gen sets in x 
is more difficult to stop again any perso 
imagi y so, the in sspe gum У пней, 
about; honey being are it will cause 
fighting and ш. trouble, whic n be easily p pre- 
› for, except in most favourable localities, 
very little more ане will be gathered. A. 
HONEY JI ou wil permit 
me to say t уала "aW тахте 4 dm IS 
unication at p. 107, is ecidedly wro! My 
oe A Bee-Keeping was ge коис їп Ше 
v E iv гла al, ire i Me Rus гек ЕСУ 
rse, tell y е bool 
token all bat his statement that си "id ie three or 
four w befo: announcement of my Manua 
is s Шер impossible, No x necessarily. ] I enclose the 
сте Bos ; the one dated May 1, 
ri at the Book Lied Bee-Reepers 
a will ба ready Padi. у.” oim Hunter, Ealing. [We 
can insert no more on this subject. Eps s.] 
have accompanied rie our last issue (p. 107) 
ustrative of this subject :—A and В, 19} x 81; С, 
16 X 24 (two pieces); D 5 44 x 83, and the 
x 1; F, 16} 
х 3 m pieces) and the slot 
(two tais ў p x 
and 8 at the s 
| Hen. N, A 0, 19 X A 
. Pieces); R, 7. pos ieces) ; S, 13 х ў (ten 
p Pecen; 1, 42 x 
REMOVING SUPERS FROM THE HIVES. — Man 
bee-keepers experience great difficulty when removing 
their supers at this season to get rid of the bees 
seem often reluct жн to quit the ship laden inka 
Sometimes we are ito place them in 
combs 
bees to escape, preventsthem 
rom егте entering the super if ordin re be exer- 
ised can be made in 
б. 
- е; over these a pin exact 
centre, which is kept in its place by diet other pins, 
placed int benadh the head, and two 
The bee pushes up the cen ntral 
ud ie closes the hole again 
ould havea tight-fittin ing lid to exclude any light, 
Pas b n at admitted through the }-inch holes. 
eed illustration (fig. 30) wil 
sho 
a 
` 
30.—CHESHIRE'S BEE-TRAP 
Fic. 
We have ig the common AT ue 
cheese boxes, which c e purchased at pro- 
vision Pati for 22; vs for small thew Bal 
(supers), such as those sent out with Neighbour’ rs 
cottage hives. A, 
to answer. 
——— Can either of your correspondents account for 
the wonderful ‘number of swarms of bees I have had ? 
egan this spring with four stocks, from ch I 
have hived eight large swarm ides ing others 
ich away. For nearly thirty years I have 
ept bees, and never knew hrow o z а a 
swarms / es I 
at to do with so zeny 
ki and Sia this ашу 
ot produce sufficient food. for som 
not appear to be a good honey season. y G., South: 
gate, N., July 23. 
Forestry. 
IAM zs for the statement on Bark i in your 
mpression of May 8 last, to whi uu HL. calls 
attention. On looking over the article, I find I had 
transcript error in substituting 50 feet for 30 
feet, “which i is to be regretted ; but this шар led to 
further investigation, I hope 
pensate for x evils that ma 
With a to show 
may arise. erent results appear in connection 
with such a subject, I submit the following s аслар. 
not as the result of practical measurements, nor as 
in 
d the different results produced tw 
methods of measuring e results shown are 
upon the cocina m of the we — ing 16 ounces 
per superficial foot, and the other more important 
particulars will appear in е келегей үзү form. 
| і 
ч z9 3 | 
"i. €. о езы но E 9 
#3 P "P “= п SUME 4 
| їз | fs pE | РЕД (252.522, 
$ Sigl 82 | 83 ad 555 [boas 2855 
Ф | н © о m mo > B 
Sl 6 os | we (251 Sys Sess 4793 
| i =, 9 Boy 1.2 Bas ches 
| o8 | 55 |= |255 (588 582 
| б ере ү © 
m Ft. In Ft In.|Ft. In. Feet. Trees. | Feet | Feet 
I, |24] 6 6-3 pae t 56 2 | 356 
2 30 = то 6514 0] 70 | p 3 | 415 
3. 36 ;36 20 3 |2529 | 108 | 21 45 | 534 
4 36 56 49 0} 62 `3 | 168 134 637 |. 831 
5 45 96 180 o 228 9 | 290 T | 12бо 1373 
C. Y. Michie, Cullen House, July 20. 
Obituary. 
ANDISH, whose 
Jou ath we regret to have 
to record, though i it has 
de: 
been imminent for some time 
past, was in his sixty-second year. Hi er 
native of Yorkshire, and about the y 181 
became forester to the late arquis of 
Lansdowne at Bowood, an appointment he held till 
his death. John Standish was born either in York- 
shire or a —we t been able to ascer- 
ain whic arly in life (at which period he los 
his father) he evinced a taste for the 
omme hi r the us gardens at 
Bowood fte wil apprenticeship he e 
man in tbe gar ess of Gloucester, 
Bagshot dome сады Mr. Andrew Toward. Here 
he began = A name hich has now 
becom arts of the world. Не it 
e kno 
was as bybridised Кыны catawbiense with 
e plant at first puzzled 
, and they were divided in eere 
recise positio 
= 
© 
= 
о 
0 
= 
the whole gardening 
fraternity. Dr. Lindley became a D b friend; pa 
use Standish's practical experim nt proved Dr. 
Lindley's opinion the cor afterwards 
ceo n en for a 
oa plants, Rhododendrons, &c., engaged his 
atten- 
tion for some years, and in e joined in 
partnership by Mr. Charles Noble. The two worked 
ther for some time, two ev ever 
ents 
ibute the magnificent introductions 
of Mr. Fort rtune, the result of several visits t o Chin a; 
given here. 1852 ished a valuable little 
Grok. ented Practical Hints on Planting ae tal 
Trees, of w the remark was made at бе me that 
it “was o of ahos mesli аиа Бен 
which dai in the 
most learned „ару verdict shik The lanes of time has 
at we can only regret that a new 
i not lo ince app 
lution of partnership was arranged in 1856; the 
tandish elf tked, at 
uns could not shine in the 
dissolution caused som 
partners, and each went 
ft ter the former friends hip 
performed the last sad rites for 
- es iind. to care for the interests of t 
petes. 1856 the Royal Ascot Nursery has been 
established by Standish, and is no qub ae fen 
of Standish & — New Grapes, Stra 
ong as well as the grand ЕЕ plants s brought 
y Mr. he a all combined 
iu name of Standis u 
dening world. His las 
not been allowed to fully realise) w: 
some hybrid Peas. e last Xe bile ‚ ате a 
valuable — to the rising gardeners e lived 
more mont x would — also left to posterity 
чача Wheat. Such was the == rsatility of his 
Mem brain that E always live x as year 
We must not omit to mention the estab- 
A 
in advance. 
lishment, under his auspices, of on im- 
bouquet businesses = London. sim in 
many other emanations о! rain, he bore down all 
difficulties and opposition : 
Mr. Standish, as Ein T been gathered from the 
foregoing 1 y successful as a hybrid- 
iser, but he did not himself merely to the — 
i more would 
of the concl 
his contributions have appeared i nd 
in the ciis P of the Royal Horticultural бодия: 
and they evince much natural shrewdness, improved 
by careful sbisec vations and just reflection, 
generous d 
missed am it iis s co regen. e hope shortly to 
shh to vi adoré our readers a portrait of this sterling 
representative man, 
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