116 miner's AMERICAN 



"' There are Thacher, Weeks and Townly, who have 

 published works on the management of bees, in our own 

 country ; and there are Dr. Bevan, Bagster and Huish, 

 whose works have circulated here, to some extent — 

 what are these ? I thought everything that the bee- 

 keeper could desire to know, could be found in these 

 works ?" My dear sir, have you read these works ? If 

 you have not, go and read them. You will find nothing 

 to satisfy — ^nothing to fill the void, on the true practical 

 management of bees, that seems to be so much desired. 



Almost the whole vast schedule of works on the 

 honey-bee extant, in the English language, seem to be 

 a stereotype re-echo of each other's sentiments and theo- 

 ries. Huber, the hlind apiarian, bears off the palm, and 

 he is indeed original. He could affirm his discoveries, 

 and his servant could swear to them. Here is one ad- 

 vantage in being blind ; therefore, if any one hereafter 

 wishes to raise his name to the pinnacle of fame, let him 

 become blind, and then employ a servant to verify his 

 theories, and his name will be immortalized. 



"The art of managing bees in this country is probably 

 as little understood as any other branch of rural econo- 

 my ; that is, so far as profit, health and productiveness 

 are concerned. 



It is generally supposed, that bees require little or no 

 care, and if they prove unproductive, or are destroyed 

 from the ravages of the bee-moth, it is a mere matter of 

 chance, wholly beyond the control of the owner. 



This is a gross error. The same care and expense 

 that a farmer bestows on his pigs or his poultry, would 



