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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
[ October 28, 1880. 
night, and ten days at the winding-up or finish. The Heather 
blossoms failed before the weather. There is not a bee-keeper in 
Carluke worthy of the name who had not hives 100 hbs. in weight 
and over, though they were comparatively light when taken to the 
moors. Mr. Lindsay took eight hives to the moor3. He weighed 
them when they went and after their return. The following 
figures indicate how much weight was gained on the heather :— 
1 
stock hive rose 
from 
31 
lbs. 
, to 
82 
IDs. 
2 
if 
if 
60 
a 
to 
143 
if 
3 
ft 
a 
45 
a 
to 
105 
if 
4 
a 
a 
53 
a 
to 
140 
if 
5 
first swarm 
a 
60 
a 
to 
120 
if 
6 
if 
*t 
65 
a 
to 
135 
if 
7 
if 
a 
55 
a 
to 
140 
if 
8 
a turn-out 
a 
30 
a 
to 
89 
ft 
It will be seen that the eight hives gained 555 lb*. 
“ Mr. Lindsay does not take second swarms from his hives. Mr. 
John Jack had a stock hive that yielded two swarms, the first of 
which cast o££ two virgin swarms. The first virgin swarm broke 
down in going to the moors. On their return their weights were as 
follows :—Stock hive, 97 lbs. ; first swarm, 47 lbs.; second swarm, 
112 lbs.; first virgin, 37 lbs. ; second virgin, 26 lbs.; total, 319 lbs. 
“ The produce of one of my own hives is as follows:—Stock 
hive, 102 lbs. ; first swarm, 148 lbs.; second swarm, 76 lbs.; 
third swarm, 92 lbs.; virgin swarm from second, 56 lbs. ; total, 
474 lbs. Please to write soon and let me know if you ever knew 
a return equal to that of my stock hive and its swarms.” 
Though Mr. Eennie is a clever and successful bee-keeper, and 
though he realised about £40 from eight stocks in 1878, I think this 
is the first year he has carried the honours of the greatest success 
from a single hive. The late Mr. Reid, shoemaker, carried the 
honours one year, then Mr. Henshilwood, grocer, took the laurels 
of greatest success, and two years ago Mr. James Somerville, 
thatcher, won the honours. This year Mr. Rennie, who is regularly 
employed in a timber yard in attending to the engine, comes to 
the front with a higher figure than has ever been reached before, 
so far as I can recollect. The gross weight of 474 lbs. from one 
hive is “ a pattern card ” for all British bee-keepers. I commend 
it to the favourable notice of the bee-keepers’ associations of this 
country, for it is well known that the hives and system of manage¬ 
ment through which such grand results and success were reached 
receive but little, if any, countenance and patronage from such 
associations, and yet the successful men of Carluke and surround¬ 
ing country are perfectly satisfied with their hives and system of 
management. This system has been successfully practised there 
for sixty years, and practised with increasing confidence. 
To criticise the British Bee-keepers’ Association is not my work, 
but I may be permitted to suggest a broader platform than is 
occupied at present. There are other excellencies beside the 
moveable-comb system, and surely it would be good policy to 
conserve them instead of attempting to cry them down. It has 
always appeared to me that the associations would exalt themselves 
in the estimation of the ceuntry if they encourage and hold up to 
view such examples of success as those now recorded. The 
introduction of the bar-frame hive is not the summum bonum in 
apiculture, but honey and profit. It would be pleasing indeed to 
see the associations turn over a new leaf and become less one¬ 
sided, less revolutionary in their aims, and broader in their 
sympathies and encouragements. 
Some time ago three gentlemen from Yorkshire came here for 
an afternoon’s talk about bees. One of them said, “ When you 
die, Mr. Pettigrew, you will leave no lieutenants behind you.” 
What nonsense ! Five thousand successful men will stand by the 
straw hives and gain recruits and confidence all along the coming 
ages. 
I shall be pleased if some of the Perthshire and Aberdeenshire 
bee-keepers send to this Journal an account of the honey harvest 
this year. The Scotch bee-keepers have been favoured with a 
finer season for hoDey than the English ; and if the Stewarton 
and bar-frame hive gentlemen would send their reports we should 
be able to compare notes. I expect to receive more reports from 
Lanarkshire.— A. Pettigrew. 
HIVES AND HONEY AT THE DAIRY SHOW 7 . 
The following prizes were awarded at the Show that is now being 
held at the Agricultural Hall, Islington :— 
BEE HIVES.— For the best Observatory Hive, stocked with Bees and their Queen. 
—1, .1. A. Abbott. 2, Neighbour & Son. 3, C. N. Abbott. For the best Moveable 
Comb Hive for general use.—Brice not to exceed IBs.— 1, A. Blake. 2, S. J. Baldwin. 
3, C. N. Abbott. Bor the best Moveable Comb Hive for Cottagers’ use.—Brice not to 
exceed lOs.—l, A. Blake. 2, C. N. Abbott. S, S. J. Baldwin. 
HONEY.— Bor the best display of Comb Honey ill sections, exceeding 12 in number, 
each section not more than 3 lbs. in weight .— 1, J. T. Thorne. 2, T. W. Cowan. 3, 
Neighbour & Son. Extra 3, W. E. Warren. Bor the best 12 sections of Comb 
Honey, each section not more than nibs, in weight .— 1,T. W. Cowan. 2, A. Rusbridge. 
3, J. I'. Thorne, vhc, S. Thorne. Bor the best 6 sections of Comb Honey, each section 
of not more than 3 lbs. in weight.—I, T. W. Cowan. 2, C. N. Brooks. 3, S. Thorne. 
Extra 3, J. T. Thorne. For thebest exhibition of Comb Honey in one or more supers, 
of any material, Sectional Supers excluded.— 1, A. Rusbridge. 2, T. W. Cowan. 3, 
Neighbour & Son. Bor the largest and best exhibition of Bun or Extracted Honey 
in glass jars or bottles, each entry to consist of not less than 20 lbs. —1. A. Rusbridge. 
2, K. Scott. 3, Mrs. R. Spencer. vhc, C. N. Brooks. Bor the best exhibition of Bun 
or Extracted Honey in small glass jars, not to exceed 2 lbs. each, each entry to consist 
of not less than 10 jars.— 1, It. Scott. 2, A. Rusbridge. 2, F. M. Smith. 
BEESWAX.— For the largest and best display of Bure Beeswax, in bars or cakes, 
from 1 to 3 lbs. each— 1, C. N. Abbott. 2, W. Hunt. 3, R. Scott. 
OUR LETTER BOX. 
White Dorkings (R. S .).—There are both single-combed and rose-combed. 
We know of no difference in their qualities, but the cocks and hens must all 
have the same form of comb—that is, all must be single-combed or all double- 
combed. They are as good layers as the Dark-coloured Dorkings. 
Bee Moth Destroying a Hive (K. B.j. —Mr. Cheshire, to whom we sub¬ 
mitted the comb you sent, says, “ The history of your misfortune is undoubtedly 
as follows :—Your skep was strong and swarmed, and then sent off a cast. 
After tliis it was necessary that the new queen should take her bridal tour, 
during which she was from some cause lost. The bees were now hopelessly 
queenless, and death quickly commenced reducing their numbers and prevented 
them from covering and protecting the whole of their combs. The mother 
Moth (Galleria Mellonella) gained ingress and deposited her eggs, producing the 
noisome brood, some members of which arrived in the box containing the debris 
left after their destructive work. The bees have died out, and the grubs un¬ 
hindered have reduced all to a wreck.” We shall shortly publish some notes on 
this subject from Mr. Cheshire. 
METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS. 
CAMDEN SQUARE, LONDON. 
Lafc. 51°32'40” N.; Long. 0° 8 '0” W.: Altitude.il! feet. 
date. 
9 A.M. 
IN THE DAY. 
Rain. 
1880. 
Oct. 
1 Barome- 
! ter at 32° 
| and Sea 
Level 
Hygrome¬ 
ter. 
Direction 
of Wind. 
Temp, of 
Soil at 
1 foot. 
Shade Tem¬ 
perature. 
Radiation 
Temperature. 
Dry. 
Wet. 
Max. 
Min. 
In 
sun. 
On 
grass. 
Inches. 
deg. 
deg. 
deg. 
deg. 
deg. 
deg. 
deg. 
In. 
Sun. 17 
39.091 
52.0 
49.2 
N.E. 
50.2 
57.2 
46.8 
G3.0 
45.4 
— 
Mon. 18 
30.082 
48.8 
47.0 
N. 
50.6 
57.7 
46.0 
9 >.0 
42.6 
0.010 
Tues. 19 
30.065 
44.6 
42.5 
N.E. 
50.1 
51.8 
43.7 
61.8 
39.6 
0.710 
Wed. 20 
29.608 
33.2 
33.1 
N.N.E. 
49.0 
46 2 
32.3 
48.0 
82.1 
0.090 
Thurs. 21 
22.804 
38.0 
36.2 
N. 
45.9 
48.0 
29.6 
83.1 
28.0 
0.170 
Friday 22 
28.736 
40.6 
39.7 
N.E. 
45.4 
47.0 
37.6 
58.0 
36.8 
0.174 
Satur. 23 
29.784 
43.3 
40.6 
N.E. 
45.3 
48.5 
39.8 
90.2 
39.0 
— 
Means. 
29.890 
42.9 
41.3 
48.1 
50.9 
39.4 
70.2 
37.6 
1.154 
REMARKS. 
17 th.—Calm and overcast, slight fog in afternoon; clear fine evening ; moon¬ 
light night. 
18tli.—Fine and bright throughout; moonlight night. 
19th.—Rain in early morning ; fair pleasant day, but overcast; rain again 
9.30 P.M. 
20 th.—TJie rain which began last night turned to snow about midnight, and at 
9 a.m. the ground was covered with snow nearly 2 inches in depth ; snow 
fell until noon ; fine with bright clear sky after 3 r.M.; starlight evening, 
lunar halo. 
21st —Very cold day, with bright sunshine. 
22nd.—Wet early ; overcast greater part of the day ; high wind in evening; 
rain after 9 P .M. 
23rd.—Rainy overcast morning, fine and bright after 11 A.M.; cold wind during 
the day. 
The week is noticeable for the exceptionally early and heavy fall of snow. 
There is no previous instance of such a fall in October since observation com¬ 
menced here in 1858.—G. J. SYMONS. 
COYENT GARDEN MARKET.— OCTOBER 27. 
We have no report to make this week. Business quiet, with large consign¬ 
ments of American Apples on hand. 
FRUIT. 
s. 
d. 
S. 
d. 
s. 
d. 
s. 
d. 
Apples. 
} sieve 
2 
6 to 4 
6 
Melons . 
each 
2 
0 to 4 
0 
Apricots. 
box 
0 
0 
0 
0 
Nectarines. 
dozen 
0 
0 
0 
0 
Cherries. 
1Mb. 
0 
0 
0 
0 
Oranges . 
$>■ 100 
0 
0 
0 
0 
Chestnuts. 
bushel 12 
0 
16 
0 
Peaches . 
dozen 12 
0 
18 
0 
Figs. 
dozen 
0 
6 
1 
0 
Pears, kitchen .. 
dozen 
0 
0 
0 
0 
Filberts. 
IP'ib. 
1 
6 
1 
8 
dessert . 
dozen 
2 
0 
4 
0 
Cobs. 
V ft 
1 
6 
1 
8 
Pine Apples .... 
%>• ft 
3 
0 
4 
0 
Gooseberries .... 
i sieve 
0 
0 
0 
0 
Plums . 
1 sieve 
2 
6 
4 
6 
Grapes . 
1? lb 
1 
0 
3 
6 
Walnuts . 
bushel 
0 
0 
0 
0 
Lemons. 
moo 12 
0 
18 
0 
ditto . 
^ 100 
0 
0 
0 
0 
VEGETABLES. 
s 
d. 
s. 
d. 
s. 
d. 
s. 
d. 
dozen 
2 
0 
Mushrooms . 
-« 
Ot.n 1 
6 
Asparagus. 
bundle 
0 
0 
0 
0 
Mustard & Cress .. 
punnet 
0 
2 
0 
3 
Beans, Kidney .... 
$>• ft. 
0 
0 
0 
6 
Onions. 
bushel 
3 
6 
5 
9 
Beet, Red. 
dozen 
1 
0 
2 
0 
pickling. 
quart 
0 
0 
0 
0 
Broccoli. 
bundle 
0 
9 
1 
6 
Parsley. doz. hunches 
6 
0 
0 
0 
Brussels Sprouts.. 
J sieve 
1 
9 
o 
3 
Parsnips. 
dozen 
1 
0 
2 
0 
Cabbage . 
dozen 
0 
6 
1 
0 
Peas . 
quart 
0 
0 
0 
0 
Carrots. 
bunch 
0 
4 
0 
6 
Potatoes. 
bushel 
3 
9 
4 
0 
Capsicums. 
100 
1 
6 
2 
0 
Kidney. 
bushel 
4 
0 
0 
6 
Cauliflowers. 
dozen 
0 
0 
3 
6 
Radishes.... doz.bunches 
1 
6 
2 
0 
Celery . 
bundle 
1 
6 
2 
0 
Rhubarb. 
bundle 0 
4 
0 
0 
Coleworts_doz. bunches 
2 
0 
4 
0 
Salsafv. 
bundle 
1 
0 
0 
0 
Cucumbers. 
each 
0 
4 
0 
6 
Scorzonera . 
bundle 
1 
6 
0 
0 
Endive. 
dozen 
1 
0 
2 
0 
Seakale . 
basket 
0 
0 
0 
0 
Fennel. 
bunch 
0 
3 
0 
0 
Shallots . 
V ft 
0 
3 
0 
0 
Garlic . 
ft. 
0 
6 
0 
0 
Spinach . 
bushel 
3 
0 
0 
0 
Herbs . 
bunch 
0 
2 
0 
0 
Turnips. 
bunch 
e 
4 
0 
0 
Leeks. 
bunch 
0 
3 
0 
4 
Vegetable Marrows 
each 
0 
2 
0 
0 
