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living in a Christian land, they might, if they would only re- 

 ceive the word of God, and open the eye of faith, behold a 

 bow of promise spanning the still stormy clouds, and hear a 

 voice bidding them, like the great apostle of the Gentiles, 

 learn not merely to " rejoice in hope of the glory of God, 

 but to " glory in tribulations also." 



I have been informed by Mr. Wagner, that Dzierzon has 

 recently devised a plan oi forming nuclei, substantially the 

 same with my own. His book, however, contemplates 

 having two Apiaries, three or four miles apart, and his plans 

 for multiplying colonies, as there described, were based 

 upon the supposition that the Apiarian will have two such 

 establishments. Such an arrangement would no doubt very 

 greatly facilitate manj' operations. Our forced swarms 

 might all be removed from the Apiary where they were 

 formed, to the other, and our nuclei treated in the same 

 way, and there would be no necessity for confining the bees 

 after their removal. There are however, weighty objections 

 to such an arrangement, which will prevent it, at least for 

 some time, from being extensively adopted. The labor of 

 removing the bees backwards and forwards, is a serious ob- 

 jection to the whole plan ; and in addition to this, the neces- 

 sity of having a skillful Apiarian at each establishment, puts 

 its adoption out of the question, with most persons who keep 

 bees. It might answer, however, if two bee-keepers, suffi- 

 ciently far apart, would enter into partnership, and manage 

 their bees as a joint concern. Dzierzon's new plan of creat- 

 ing nuclei, is as follows. Towards evening, remove a 

 piece of brood comb, with eggs and bees just hatching, and 

 put it, with a sufficient number of mature bees, into an emp- 

 ty hive ; there must be enough to keep the brood from being 

 chilled over night. If the operation is performed so late 

 that the bees are not disposed to take wing and leave the 



