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previous crop was tobacco, well manured. In the Full, ilie 

 hybrid clover had completely covered the ground. In 1854, 

 it grew luxuriantly, attained a height of three feet, and threw 

 out numerous side shoots where the heads or blossom buds 

 were formed. It was much more succulent and produced a. 

 heavier first crop than the red clover growing by its side. It 

 matured twelve days later. The second crop of the hybrid 

 clover was however much lighter than that of the red. I 

 had some of each cut and placed before my cattle, which 

 left the red clover untouched, till they had eaten up the 

 hybrid." (S. Wagner.) 



On making artificial swarms adhere, like natitkal 

 swabms, to their new location. 



Dr. DonhofT says : " On an evening when the next day 

 promises to be clear and warm, drive out a swarm, place 

 the parent hive in a dark cellar, put the swarm in a shallow 

 box, and set it in the place of the parent stock. Next day, 

 when the temperature has become warm, pour a quantity of 

 honey among the bees in the box, and in a few hours they 

 will swarm, and may then be set in a new place and the pa- 

 rent hive restored to its former position." If the box was 

 turned over, the bees would be more sure to leave it. By 

 dividing one such swarm, or a natural swarm, or any swarm 

 brought from a distance, into five or six parts, (pp. 223, 291,) 

 as many artificial swarms may be easily made, if the Apiari- 

 an has suitable stocks from which to make them ; these may 

 be placed on the stands of the parent hives, which may be 

 safely removed to a new position, by giving to them their 

 proper share of the divided swarm. 



