HOW TO OBTAIN HONEY WITHOUT DESTROYING THE BEE’S. 69 
The part d is to be heated in the same 
manner, till it is found soft enough to draw 
out, when the part e must be gradually 
:,1 ^ 
withdrawn, as represnted in fig. 4. til! it 
terminates in a point ; this point should be 
held for a minute or two in the point of the 
flame, in order to thicken it, and when 
cold, it is to be ground away with a file, 
until the smallest possible orifice is visible. 
The pupil will now be possessed of a blow 
pipe (fig. 3) with an exceedingly minute jet, 
and if he puff out his cheeks to the utmost, 
and places the end b within his lips, while 
the other extremity is held within a short 
distance of a candle (fig. 5), he will, after 
a few trials, find no difficulty in keeping 
the flame continually^ and without inter- 
mission, horizontal and clear. The opera- 
tion which he will be required to perform, 
in order to keep his cheeks constantly dis- 
tended, notwithstanding the escape from 
the jet, cannot easily be described, but will 
naturally offer itself when the expenditure 
of air is very small. When the pupil has 
succeded in keeping up a constant blast for 
several minutes by this means he may en- 
large the aperture by degrees, practising 
between each enlargement, till he finds he 
can manage a blow-pipe with a large boro, 
when he should purchase one of brass, with 
an ivory or tinned mouthpiece, for general 
use. 
Among the numerous hydrostatic blow- 
pipes which have already appeared in your 
Magazine, the pupil who wishes to manufac- 
ture his own apparatus, may assuredly find 
one which will form a substitute for the 
table blow-pipe. I subjoin a plan for one, 
which may be constructed, at a trifling ex- 
pense, by almost every student, and in 
situations where the articles or workman- 
ship requisite for the construction of a more 
complicated machine could not be procured. 
A B is a common pail, about half filled with 
water ; c is a large flower-pot inserted, and 
fastened in by any convenient method ; d is 
a mouth blow-pipe (glass would do on an 
emergency), fastened in air-tight, with a 
cork and lute, to the hole at the bottom of 
the flower-pot ; e is a bent tube of glass or 
metal# terminating under the mouth of the 
flower-pot. When air is blown in from the 
mouth at e, it rises into the body of the in- 
ternal vessel and displaces the water, which, 
in endeavouring to regain its level, forces 
out the air from the jet of the blow-pipe, 
with a force proportioned to the height of 
the column of water displaced.-— Mec/r. 
Mag. 1835. 
RE V. CHAS.DEWHURST’S BEE-HIVE. 
Sir,— I have much pleasure in forwarding 
you an extract from a lecture delivered, a 
short time ago, before the members of the 
Verulam Philosophical Society of London, 
by its late Secretatry, Charles Dewhurst, 
Esq.; and if you think likely to interest your 
readers, I shall feel gratified by its insertion. 
The lecture I alluded to was on the Natural 
History and Management of the Hive or Com- 
mon Honey Bee (apis mellifica), wherein the 
lecturer detailed a humane and successful 
plan of securing the honey without depriving 
the bees of life, which is now generally adop- 
ted in the county of Suffolk, and originated 
with his father, the Rev. Mr. Chas. Dew- 
hurst, of Bury, St. Edmunds, The method 
employed by this gentleman is as follows: — 
“ The hive he avails himself of is similar to 
the one used by the cottagers, with this ex- 
ception, that it has an opening in its roof of 
about four inches in diameter ; this has a 
moveable top (see figure A), which is pegged 
down whilst the bees are at work and filling 
the hive. As soon as the latter is full, Mr. 
Dewhurst (when the bees are absent) care- 
fully, with a knife, separates the top, and 
places in its stead a wooden box, of about 
eight inches square, having doors and a glazed 
front (seefigure B), in order that he may view, 
from time to time, the progress they have 
made in their work. As soon as the bees have 
filled this box with honey, it is removed, and 
another substituted ; and by repeating this 
process, immense quantities of honey and wax 
may be obtained, without the least loss or 
injury to the community. In one year Mr. 
Dewhurst obtained no less than sixty-three 
pounds of fine pure honey by this method.” 
1 remain. Sir, your obedient servant, 
Henry W. Dewhurst, 
Pre. Ver. Phil. Society of Loudon. 
awh 10, 1835. 
P. S. — I may add, that Mr. Dewhurs, 
protects his bees from the weather, robberts 
&c.,in a neat constructed house, about twelve 
or eighteen inches from the ground. 
