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enough being left alive to perform their appropri¬ 
ate work in the Spring. 
T., of New-Haven, Conn., states that the queen 
bee retains the effect of one impregnation for life, 
and that this act takes place early in Summer 
when there are plenty of drones in the hive. 
Driving Bees from the Honey Boxes. 
In reply to the inquiries of D. E. L. jr., Wayne 
Co., N. Y., and others, we suggest the following 
mode as applicable in many instances. Remove 
the box from the hive in evening or early in the 
morning, and place it bottom up near the hive. 
Tap lightly on the box to arouse the bees, and 
leave them a few hours, but not until the sun 
shines hot, as*the comb would be melted. They 
will usually leave in three or four hours. Ifthey 
still remain however, or if they commence carry¬ 
ing away the honey, set the box in a tight keg or 
barrel, and throw a thin sheet or cloth over the 
top. The bees will creep up on the sheet, and if 
this be turned over, will find their way back to 
the hive. Repeat this a few times and all will be 
got rid of without killing them. 
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A Hew Swarm of Bees from the Same 
Hive on two Consecutive Days—Hum 
of Bees, etc. 
Mr. Editor , In a communication to the July 
Agriculturist, page 203, under the head of “ Bees 
and Tin Pans,” I read : “ The vanguard of the 
swarm, which appeared to contain about two- 
thirds of the whole, and among which that pecu¬ 
liar hum , said to be the voice of the queen, was 
distinctly audible.”... .Save me from such a libel 
on the queen of bees. That “peculiar hum” is 
heard when the queen is not among the bees, 
and is produced by the effort of so many bees to 
remain on the wing when they are so filled with 
honey (which they take in, ere they depart from 
the old hive,) that their hum is totally different 
from that of the bee in search of food. The 
hum becomes perfectly audible as soon as the 
swarm congregates around a certain point with 
the intention to settle. Then it is, that I put 
the queen that could not fly to the swarm ; and 
though I have detained her several minutesduring 
which time she was under very great excitement, 
she emitted no hum or noise whatever. 
It has so happened, that since writing the 
above, I was called to a friend’s house, in his 
absence, to attend to a young swarm. As soon 
as I approached the old hive, I found some little 
dissatisfaction among the bees composing the 
swarm; and fancying that the queen might not 
be with the swarm, I closely examined the plot 
before the apiary, and found her. I took her into 
my hand and retained her till I discovered an 
effort made by the swarm to settle. Not the 
least hum was perceptible as coming from her; 
but the peculiar hum was very perceptible where 
the young swarm congregated to settle. I at 
once placed the queen there, and in a short time 
the swarm was nicely hived. On the return of 
the proprietor, I pointed out to him the hive that 
had swarmed, and to my surprise, he told me that 
on the day before, he had hived a nice swarm from 
the same hive. This is so rare an occurrence 
that I at once determined to inform you of it; 
and the only construction I can put on it is, that 
the old hive must have made an effort to swarm 
some nine or ten days before, that the queen was 
lost, and that no one witnessed the returning of 
this swarm to the old hive ; that the swarm 
hived the day before, must have come some nine 
O’ eleven days later, and that the swarm to which 
I had been called was the one which had previ¬ 
ously issued and then returned. J. B. 
Forsyth Co., N. C 
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Destroying Insects on the Pomegranate — 
Wm. A. Scarborough, Columbia, Fla , writes to 
the Agriculturist, that “ a fine pomegranate tree 
which stood in his yard, was infested with very 
small insects, resembling chicken mites, which 
affected the forms of the fruit immediately after 
blossoming, causing them to fall to the ground. 
He finally hit upon the following plan to expel 
them. A quantity of loose powder was sprinkled 
upon a board of sufficient length to reach the ex¬ 
tremities of the limbs on each side ; the board 
was held up immediately under the branches, and 
the powder ignited. The insects left, or were 
destroyed, and a fine yield of fruit ripened. 
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Advertising Information—Gratis—II. 
(.Continuedfrom page 198.) 
We are not yet successful in finding satisfac¬ 
tory “employment,” though we have been very 
industrious in writing, (through country friends 
under different names) in answer to the many at¬ 
tractive advertisements that are continually ap¬ 
pearing. A great many of our letters are never 
answered,though properly directed and the money 
or “return stamps” duly enclosed. They are 
mailed from various post offices.. .A word more 
about No. 5, the last in our former article. We 
stated that our letter, enclosing 25 cents for the 
“Secret art of catching Mink, Muskrats, etc.” 
which was sent May 25th, had not been answered 
up to June 16th, but the answer did come June 
24th, one month after writing for it. The letter 
was postmarked “Greenwood, N.Y., June 14.” No 
name accompanied it, and we do not know from 
whom it came. We paid 25 cents for it, and 
3 cents more on the letter, to say nothing of 
writing paper and time. We suspect it isn’t 
worth the money, and to make up any loss, we 
will give the recipe, including the entire letter, 
just as it came. Here it is: 
“the hunter’s secret. 
To Catch game such as mink musk rats weasels rac¬ 
coons otter &c 
Take 1 oz of Valerion I oz commercial Musk 1 
Pint of Whiskey. Let stand for two Weeks put a 
few drops of this on your Bait 
June 10th 59 
Please excuse me not sending the receipt sooner as 
I live a distance from the Post Office.” 
There you have it, readers. If any of you find 
it to be worth 25 cents, you will please send the 
amount without delay, and we will at once for¬ 
ward the same to the advertiser.—N.B. The 
dollar, enclosed to us with the advertisement, was 
returned to the sender June 24th, 1859, directed 
to the same address as our 25 cents was sent. 
We hope it got back safely to Steuben county. 
[No. 6.] 
O CONSUMPTIVES.—A Clergyman 
having cured his son of consumption in its worst stages, 
after being given up to die, by the most celebrated physicians, 
desires to make known the mode of cure, (whicli proves suc¬ 
cessful in every case), to those afflicted with Coughs, Colds, 
and Consumption, and he will send the same to any address! 
free of charge. Address, inclosing two stamps to pay return 
postage.-, No. —, st., N. Y. 
Now we are sure of a certain cure for con¬ 
sumption, as it “ proves successful in every case,” 
and it is to come free of charge. But if Mr.- 
desires to make known to the afflicted, his certain' 
cure, why did he not send it direct to us, instead 
of paying the Tribune $1 a line to tell people to 
send to him for it. We would gladly have publish¬ 
ed so great a boon free of charge, and even paid 
for the privilege, if it was to benefit our readers. 
There must be some catch about that. But we’ll 
see. Here go three stamps—two enclosed to the 
advertiser for “ return postage,” and one to pay 
for carrying them. (Our letter of inquiry was 
sent from a country post office).Here comes 
the answer, post-marked at Maspeth, N. Y., and 
not at New-York. And further, there is only 
one “ return stamp.” Where’s the other one we 
sent you, Mr.’-1 The answer consists of a 
4-page printed letter, which goes on to detail that 
one “ Uncas Brant” was “ appointed missionary to 
a tribe of the Black-Feet Indians, by the Baptist 
Missionary Society that his son was dreadfully 
afflicted with consumption ; that instead of grow¬ 
ing better, he got worse, and “ we felt that his 
last hour had come.” Just then “an old Indian 
chief came into our cabin, looked at c ur son, and 
the tears chased each other down l.is swarthy 
but friendly face. Turning to my wire, he said : 
‘ Pale face no die—me squaw cure him.’ ” The 
printed letter goes on to describe the cure most 
pathetically. The result was, “ Old Uncas Brant ” 
finished his mission to the souls of the Black Feet, 
learning during the time all about the “ Indian 
Cough Plant gathered a large lot, and came 
home to devote his life to curing the bodies of the 
White-feet, or white-brained. 
His “ free ” directions amount to this, that the 
plant grows along the “ foot-hills of the eastern 
slope of the Rocky Mountains”; must be gathered 
in June ; carefully dried in the shade ; 4 ounces 
of leaves digested in one quart of spring water ; 
be reduced to 3 ounces, etc.This won’t do 
for us. We can not visit the Rocky Mountains 
in June. But we are told that we can get a $2 
bottle of the advertiser, whom “ Old Uncas Brant” 
has induced to keep it. Plenty of letters are 
published from persons who have been benefited, 
or thought they were about to be. But you can’t 
get our $2, Mr.-, until you tell a little bet¬ 
ter story. We want to know something about 
“ Old Uncas Brant.” We remember an Indian 
chief by the name of Uncas, former chief of the 
Narragansett Indians in Connecticut, and also the 
noted Brant, an Indian chief, who joined the 
British in the revolutionary war. But “ Old Un¬ 
cas Brant,” missionary to the Black-leet Indians, 
who is he. If Mr. -will get the certificate 
of the “Baptist Missionary Society” that they 
ever sent out “ Old Uncas Brant,” or any other 
missionary to the Black-Peet, we will then think 
about the $2 investment. We fear, “ Old Uncas 
Brant ” may be twin-brother to that. Rev. Wilson 
(see No. 3, page 198), who told us in his letter, 
about his traveling in the “ New-Haven Methodist 
Conference”—a conference, by the way, which 
Methodists themselves never heard of. “ Rev. 
Wilson ” and “ Old Uncas Brant ” should read up 
church history a little, before they get out another 
edition of their circular letters. When they at¬ 
tempt to “ steal the livery of heaven to serve the 
devil in,” they should be very careful to go to the 
right wardrobe. 
[No. 7.] 
A^BSERVE—150 addresses of either sex 
V-r wanted, who can make from $1,000 to $5,000 per annum 
clear—by inclosing 12 cents to pay postage on all, or one stamp 
for letter to A. D. F— —, T -, Ohio. 
Ah ! here we have it—“$1,000 to $5,000 per 
annum clear.” —What a splendid chance, all for 
twelve paltry coppers. We are smart, of course, 
and shall get the $5,000, so here go 12 cents, and 
a three cent stamp for postage.— Mem. Enclosed 
and duly mailed to A. D. F., June 18, 1859. 
What is the matter 1 Here it is, July 17, and 
nothing heard from our 12 cents. Hope deferred 
maketh the heart sick. Do send us on that 
$5,000 a year job, Mr. F-. We can’t wait. 
Did we not send all the particulars you need to 
make out our commission 1 We forgot, perhaps, 
to tell you our sex, as we see you mention “ either 
sex” in your advertisement. Is the $5,000 for 
women, and the $1,000 for men 1 If so, put us 
