FENNOCK’s SEED AND GRAIN PLANTER,-MANAGEMENT OF BEES.-NO. 2. 
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Vegetables. —L. A. Morrell, Lake Ridge; George 
J. Pumpelly, Owego ; Henry Morgan, Aurora. 
Stoves and other Manufactures of Iron.— 
C. N. Bement, Albany; Samuel T. Pratt, Buffalo; 
Franklin Manning, Syracuse. 
Paintings and other Drawings. — Francis 
Rotch, Butternuts ; - Walker, Utica; Gen. John 
A. Granger, Canandaigua. 
Ornamental, Shell, Needle, and Wax Work. 
—Mrs. B. D. Coe, Buffalo; Mrs. Hanson Cox, Au¬ 
burn; Mrs. Alvah Worden, Canandaigua; Mrs. Wet- 
more, Utica; Mrs. W. W. Watson, Geneva. 
Unenumerated Implements, and other Ar¬ 
ticles. —J. J. Viele, Troy; J. B. Viele, Troy; J. B. 
Duane, Schenectady; Stephen B. Cushing, Ithaca. 
Committee to negotiate with R. R. Compa 
nies for the Transportation of Stock, Imple¬ 
ments, Passengers, &c., to and from the Show. 
—E. P. Prentice, Albany; Geo. Vail, Troy; T. S. 
Faxton, Utica; M. D. Burnett, Syracuse; C. P. Wood, 
Auburn ; L. B. Langworthy, Rochester; L. F. 
Allen, Buffalo. 
For the Reception of Stock, &c., &c. —Ira Hop¬ 
kins, Esq., Maj. J. B. Dill, Wm. Howard, Esq. 
PENNOCK’S SEED AND GRAIN PLANTER. 
Pennock’s Seed and Grain Planter—Fig. 62. 
This machine will plant 
wheat, rye, Indian corn, oats, 
peas, beans, rutabagas, and 
turnips ; and can be regulated 
to drop any required quantity 
on an acre. 
The drills can be thrown in 
or out of gear separately, so as 
to plant a field of any shape 
without seeding any part 
twice. They are so arranged 
as to operate equally well on 
all kinds of land—hilly and 
rough, as well as level and 
smooth. A man, with two 
horses, can putin from 10 to 12 
acres with wheat in a day, and, 
with one horse, he caii plant 
20 acres with corn per day. 
Pennock & Co., Kennett 
Square, Chester Co., Penn. 
MANAGEMENT OF-HONE Y-BEES.—No. 2. 
Patent Hives .—Various forms of hives are now 
in use denominated “ Patent Hives,” the inventors 
of which seem to have aimed at novelty rather than 
at any real improvement upon hives previously in 
use. That some of them may, in certain locations, 
during favorable seasons, seem to answer the pur¬ 
pose for which they are intended, I do not deny; 
yet there are several essential points which they 
have lost sight of, and which I think are of vital 
importance to the attainment of that perfect success, 
which, in my opinion, is within the reach of every 
man who may choose to avail himself of it. The 
question may be asked, what can we reasonably 
expect from a hive of bees as regards a yearly 
profit ? I answer, that every stock (so called after 
the first year) should, at least, give an increase of 
one swarm, and also produce a surplus of from 
twenty to fifty pounds of honey. When this result 
is not attained upon an average, from year to year, 
in a tolerably good location, we may infer that we, 
and not the bees , are at fault. In some cases, three 
and even four swarms have been thrown off by a 
single stock the same season, and twenty or thirty 
(and in cases of less swarms), perhaps fifty or sixty 
pounds of honey stands above a winter supply, but 
such cases are rare. 
It was my intention to describe several styles 
of “ Patent Hives” now in use, and to point out 
their faults (in my opinion), but as it would 
require more space than I feel at liberty to 
exact, I shall endeavor to cover the ground by 
showing the essential requisites in the premises 
upon my principles of management, and as it is a 
true saying, that “ a tree is known by its fruits,” 
I cannot but claim some substantial grounds for my 
system, while my neighbors, with their costly, 
complicated hives, find nothing but vexation and 
loss. 
It will be observed that I, in No. 1, fixed the size 
of hives at twelve inches square in the clear ; now, 
it is the body of the hive, where the brood comb is 
built, that requires our particular attention, and I 
have no hesitation in saying that it is a fatal error 
to construct hives less than twelve inches in 
diameter. Making up the difference in length will 
not do. The reason is this; bees, by a natural 
instinct, implanted in them by the great Creator of 
every living thing, taking possession of a new 
habitation, see the necessity of building a portion 
of their work for the express purpose of containing 
a supply of food when the flowers are faded and 
gone, and winter’s bleak blasts flit around them • 
and also another portion for the purpose of increase 
of their species. They commence laying the 
foundation of these two distinct kinds of comb, in 
a great measure, in accordance with the superficies 
of the upper area of the line. For instance, they 
commence at first building brood comb, and when 
they have used such portions of the space as nature 
teaches them fan be used for that purpose with 
