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Must they wait till the young bees have left the 

 brood-cells, by which time the early flowers will 

 be Avithered ? What is to be done in this dilem- 

 ma? Mark the resources of the industrious 

 bees. They search in the neighborhood for a 

 place where they may deposit their honey, until 

 the young shall have left the combs in which they 

 were hatched. If they fail in this object, they 

 crowd together in the front of their habitation, 

 forming prodigious clusters. It is not uncommon 

 to see them building combs on the outside. Many 

 did so in the year 1791." 



In general, honey gathering is altogether sus- 

 pended, necessarily, under the circumstances we 

 have stated; and, after a long course of inaction, 

 in the very best part of the season, swarming 

 follows. The proprietor must therefore make his 

 election as to his course. If the multiplication 

 of stocks is his object, his bees may thus be com- 

 pelled to throw off swarms, but he must abandon 

 the prospect of a large harvest of honey. This 

 method of bee management is usually called 

 single hiving. 



Depriving System. — Opposed to the mode of 

 management in which swarming is systematically 

 encouraged, is that whereby, under ordinary cir- 

 cumstances, it may be usually prevented. Let us 

 observe the natural instinct of these little animals, 

 and provide them with such an addition, tempo- 

 rarily, of storing-room, as will enable them to go 

 on constructing fresh combs, to be filled with 

 honey, pure and unmixed with other substances. 

 This being deposited in some separate receptacle, 

 but communicating with the stock-hive, it can 

 at pleasure be obtained possession of, with but 

 little trouble, and without annoyance or injury to 

 the bees. The object being obtained, these 

 return again to their original habitation. Various 

 have been the contrivances for effecting the sepa- 

 ration of the storing and breeding departments 

 in a hive managed on the depriving system. The 

 bees, when pressed for room, will extend their 

 operations almost in any direction, whether the 

 accommodation is given above (which is termed 

 storifying), at the bottom, or collaterally. Equally 

 indifferent are they to the material of the tempo- 

 rary receptacle, whether it be of straw, wood, or 

 glass. A second hive or box, placed upon the 

 stock, is termed a super, or duplet. Upon this, 

 or, whatsis better, between it and the stock-hive, is 

 sometimes introduced another, called, in apiarian 

 language, a triplet. An empty box or hive pushed 

 beneath a full one, is denominated a nadir. A 

 still smaller enlargement of a common hive con- 

 sists merely of a hoop of wood, or a few bands of 

 straw, on which it is raised, and this constitutes 

 an eke. — From " Taylor's Beekeeper's Manual." 



"HE IS SO AMIABLE!" 



Contentment is the talisman of happi- 

 ness ; the spell which works more wonders 

 than all the enchantment of all the magicians 

 of Arabian fiction. So happy an illustration 

 of the effects of this virtue is afforded in the 

 following little narrative, and the touching 

 reflections arising out of it, that we cannot 

 refrain from giving it a place in our London 

 Journal : — 



A beautiful girl, gay, lively, and agreeable, 

 was wedded to a man of a clumsy figure, plain 

 features, and of a stupid looking physiognomy. 

 A kind friend said to her one day:— 



" My dear Julia, how came you to marry that 

 man ? " 



" The question," replied she, "is a natural one. 

 My husband, I confess, is not graceful in his ap- 

 pearance, not attractive in his conversation. But 

 he is so amiable ! And goodness, although less 

 fascinating than beauty or wit, will please equally 

 at least, and is certainly more durable. We 

 often see objects, which appear repulsive at first, 

 but if we see them every day we become ac- 

 customed to them , and at length not only view 

 them without aversion, but with feelings of attach • 

 ment. The impression which goodness makes on 

 the heart is gradual; but it remains for ever. 

 Listen, and I will tell you how I came to marry 

 my husband. 



"I was quite young when he was introduced 

 for the first time into the house of my parents 

 He was awkward in his manner, uncouth in his 

 appearance, and my companions used often to 

 ridicule him, and I confess that I was frequently 

 tempted to join them, but was restrained by my 

 mother, who used to say to me in a low voice, 

 * He is so amiable !' and then it occurred to me, that 

 he was always kind and obliging ; and whenever 

 our villagers assembled together at our fetes and 

 dances, he was always at the disposal of the mis- 

 tress of the house, and was profuse in his atten- 

 tions to those whose age or ugliness caused them 

 to be neglected. Others laughed at his singularity 

 in this respect ; but I whispered to myself, ' He 

 is so amiable ! ' 



" One morning my mother called me to her 

 boudoir, and told me that the young man, who is 

 now my husband, had made application for my 

 hand. I was not surprised at this, for I already 

 suspected that he regarded me with an eye of 

 affection. I was now placed in a dilemma, and 

 hardly knew how to act. When I recollected 

 his ill-favored look and his awkwardness, I was 

 on the point of saying, ' I will not wed him,' and 

 I blushed for him, which is a strong proof that 

 I even then felt interested in him; but when I 

 recalled the many excellent traits in his character, 

 and dwelt on his benevolent and good actio?is, I 

 dismissed the idea of banishing him from my pre- 

 sence. I could not resolve to afflict him, and I 

 whispered to myself, ' He is so amiable! ' 



" He continued to visit me, encouraged by my 

 parents, and cheered by my smiles. My other 

 admirers, one by one, left me ; but I did not regret 

 their absence. I repeated the expression, ' he is 

 so amiable ! ' so often, that it seemed to me to 

 carry the same meaning as, * he is so handsome.' 

 / loved him, and took him as my husband. Since 

 then, I have -not only been resigned to my fate, 

 but happy. My husband loves me devotedly, 



AND HOW CAN I HELP LOVING HIM?" 



There is something exceedingly touching 

 in this love which beauty entertains for 

 goodness ; and there is no doubt that some 

 women do love from a feeling of benevolence, 

 or tender compassion, regulated by reason. 

 Such an affection vrill know no change ; it is a 

 firm basis, AND WILL ENDURE THROUGH LIFE. 



