

certain number of cells, and deposited eggs in 
them, she soon intermits her building operations ; 
in order to procure food for the young grubs, which 
now require all her care. In.a few weeks these 
become perfect wasps, and lend their assistance in 
the extension of the edifice ; enlarging the original 
coping of the foundress by side walls, and forming 
another platform of cells—suspended to the first by 
columns, as that had been suspended to the 
ceiling. 
In this manner several platforms of combs are 
constructed, the outer walls being extended at the 
same time ; and, by the end of the summer, there | 
are generally from twelve to fifteen platforms of 
cells. Hach contains about 1060 cells—forty-nine 
being contained in an inch and a half square, and 
of course making the enormous number of about 
16,000 cells in one colony. Reaumur, upon these 
data, calculates that one vespiary may produce 
every year more than 30,000 wasps, reckoning 
only 10,000 cells, and each serving successively 
for the cradle of three generations. But, although 
the whole structure is built at the expense of so 
much labor and ingenuity, it has scarcely been 
finished before the winter sets in, when it becomes 
nearly useless; and serves only for the abode of a 
few benumbed females, who abandon it on the 
approach of spring, and never return ; for wasps do 
not, like mason-bees, ever make use of the same 
nest for more than one season. 
Both Réaumur and the younger Huber, studied 
the proceedings of the common wasp in the manner 
which has been so successful in observing bees— 
by means of glazed hives, and other contrivances. 
In this, these naturalists were greatly aided by 
the extreme affection of wasps for their young ; 
for though their nest is carried off, or even cut 
in various directions, and exposed to the light, 
they never desert it, nor relax their attention to 
their progeny. When a wasp’s nest is removed 
from its natural situation, and covered with a glass 
hive, the first operation of the inhabitants is to 
repair the injuries it has suffered. They carry off 
with surprising activity all the earth or other 
matters which have fallen by accident into the 
nest; and when they have got it thoroughly cleared 
of everything extraneous, they begin to secure it 
from further derangement by fixing it to the glass 
with papyraceous columns, similar to those which 
we have already described. The breaches which 
the nest may have suffered are then repaired, and 
the tlfickness of the walls is augmented—with the 
design, perhaps, of more effectually excluding the 
light. 
Hants, Oct. 10. HEARTSEASE, 

AFFECTION. 

There is in life no blessing like affection ; 
It soothes, it hallows, elevates, subdues, 
And bringeth down to earth its native Heaven. 
It sits beside the cradle patient hours, 
Whose sole contentment is to watch and love: 
It bendeth o’er the death-bed, and conceals 
Its own despair with words of faith and hope; 
Life has naught else that may supply its place. 
Void is ambition ; cold is vanity,— 
And wealth an empty glitter without Love ! 

KIDD’S OWN JOURNAL. 
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A FAREWELL TO SUMMER! 
BY HELEN HETHERINGTON. 

Farewew! a kind farewell 
To Summer’s brightest hours ; 
To fairy scenes of revelry, 
With gentle zephyrs on the lea, 
And Nature’s fairest flowers! 
Our thoughts will oft revert, 
With exquisite delight, 
To Flora in her rustic dress,— 
Where beauty, joy, and gentleness, 
In one sweet smile unite. 
And still our footsteps roam, 
With Nature for our guide, 
Where Summer and her merry train 
Bedeck’d the hill, the vale, and plain, 
And graced the mountain side. 
We miss the merry song 
That cheer’d us in the vale ; 
But if thou lovest melody, 
Sweet Summer, we resign to thee 
The charming nightingale ! 
For who can smile like thee, 
Or teach our hearts to prize 
The brilliant scene of joy that beams 
O’er merry meads and limpid streams, 
Beneath thy sunny skies! 
All Nature mourns for thee ; 
And, through the forest trees, 
A melancholy sound is heard,— 
And leaves that shelter’d many a bird 
Lie scatter’d by the breeze ! 
Farewell; again farewell! 
The flowers that welcomed thee 
Have pass’d away, too pure to brave 
The bitter storm that rules the wave, 
And bows the proudest tree! 
Hors cheers the path thou’st loved, 
And lingers on the plain ; 
It softly whispers to the birds, 
And tells us in its sweetest words,— 
THAT WE SHALL “ MEET AGAIN |” 
ON THE USE OF CHLOROFORM, 
AS APPLIED TO BEES. 
SEVERAL ARTICLES on this subject have 
already appeared in OuR JOURNAL; and 
as the question involved is one of general 
interest, we subjoin further remarks by Mr. 
Pettigrew, of Whetstone. kis observations 
are practical; and therefore valuable :— 
In the south of Britain, Mr. Editor, the 
year 1853 has been unfavorable for Bees; and 
unless a little care is bestowed upon them 
now, many will die during the autumn and 
winter. Indeed, some of this year’s swarms 
are at the point of starvation already. Can 
anything be done to save them from death, 
and thereby secure a sufficient stock for next 
year? Janswer, Yes. Now is the time to 

