THE MANAGEMENT OF BEES. 
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modification in the thickness of the layer of wood produced by them. 
Artificial circumstances, such as lopping in the autumn or early 
spring, diminish the number of leaf-buds, and would be expected to 
be followed by the'deposition of a thinner layer of wood than usual. 
The investigation of the effect produced by lopping, is the object of 
Mr. Goss’s communication.” 
“ In January, 1829, a neighbour to Mr. Goss having some ash- 
pollards with'fine tops, of about twelve years growth, lopped off the 
heads of five of them. Last winter, 1830, he obtained permission to 
cut out a few chips from these in order to ascertain the effects of so 
unsparing an excision. The accompanying diagram (4) represents 
one of these specimens, and shews the 
rate at which the branch was growing- 
in 1819 and 1820. The three suc¬ 
ceeding very narrow segments shew 
the retardation that took place in the 
growth during the three years imme¬ 
diately following the lapping. After 
this time the annual deposits of wood 
began to increase, but so slowly that 
it was not till 1829 that the thickness of the years ring equalled 
what had been the annual average growth of the tree previous the 
lopping.” 
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RURAL AND DOMESTIC ECONOMY. 
ARTICLE XII. 
ON THE MANAGEMENT OF BEES IN CASHMERE. 
COMMUNICATED BY 1. T. 
From the Manuscript Papers' of the late Mr. Wm. Moor croft , published in the 
Second Volume of the Journal of the Royal Geographical Society. 
Every farmer in Cashmere has several bee-hives in his house, and 
in some houses I have counted as many as ten. A provision is made 
for these in building the house, by leaving appropriate cavities in 
the wall, and which somewhat differ in size, but agree in their gene¬ 
ral form, each being cylindrical, and extending quite through the 
wall. The tube thus formed is lined by a plastering of clay mortar, 
about an inch in thickness, and the mortar is worked up with the 
