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June 8. 
THE COTTAGE GARDENER. 
sweep out any bees that may not have been dislodged, and 
stow away the full liive as before. Find and destroy the 
queen, it 3011 can, (unless 3 ’ou know that she is a very 3 'oung 
and strong one). As soon as the bees begin to recover, 
place an adapter over them, and then place the hive, bees, 
; and adapter over the adjoining hive, and treat them exactly 
as before. We, ourselves, much prefer the plan by fumi¬ 
gating ; but, as we said before, if one should fail, try the other. 
In the same wa\', the population of another hive may be 
added to the already-doubled population, should it be wished 
to do so. 
Feeding in Autumn and Spring,—In section .‘ 1 , under the 
head of October, we described tire food we use ourselves, and 
recommend to others; and in section 1 , under the head 
“ Feeders,” we explained the method of using that which 
I was described; and nothing more need be said about 
autumn-feeding, here, further than once more impressing on 
| our readers the necessity of getting it over quickly. ° I 11 
spring, food, if necessary (and it is a great pity that it ever 
should be necessary), may, and, perhaps, had better, be 
given in the same manner as in the autumn, as soon as ever 
the bees will take it. We have always found that those hives 
do the best which require no spring-feeding, and which are 
not disturbed after the condensers have been once removed, 
i Futling an Condensers. —Nothing need be said about this, 
further than to refer our readers to the title “ Putting on 
! Supers,” in this section, with which it is identical, 
i Painting .—Stone-colour would seem to be as good a - 
j colour as any for painting hives; it has not the glare of i 
white, and does not condense the heat as an}' darker colour 
does. We must again caution our readers only to paint j 
when the hives are quite dry, and on fine dry days. 
Section 5.— A System of Management. — It was stated, in 
section 1 , that swarming might be generally prevented, and i 
we there pointed out the manner in which, and the reasons 
wh.y, such prevention should be attempted; it was also 
stated in that section^ that hives should not be allowed to 
stand tor more than four years, that is, five summers; and 
directions in accordance with these statements were given 
in section .‘ 1 . 
Irom this, it will be sufficiently obvious that the bee- 
master should have some system to adopt, by which he will 
be enabled properly to dispose of his swarms if they should 
rise, and to renew his old hives from time to time. 
In speaking of Pedestals, in section 2 , and of setting up 
swarms and second swarms, in section 2 , the system of 
management which we are about to propose was kept in 
mind, and if our directions have been followed, each stock- < 
hive will have fixed on one side of it a pedestal, and on the 
other there will be left a space for fixing another pedestal, ' 
if necessary. Instead ol pedestals, it would be more con- ' 
yenient to have a stout, oblong frame, four stout legs fixed 
firmly into and standing about 15 inches above the ground, 
just long enough to set three hives and boards upon, if 
j necessary : it will be seen that a hive may be pushed from 
| one end of such a frame as this to the other without trouble— 
a matter of some consequence in joining hives. 
Supposing that it has been determined not to keep hives 
after they are four }'ear.s old, that is, for more than five 
| summers, the bee-master must arrange his hives (mentally, 
at least) in sets of four. A e will take one of these sets as 
an example for the whole, and call the four hives in it a, b, 
j c, d, and we will suppose that they are respectively swarms 
I of 1850, 1851, 1852, and 1853. In 1851, or in the hive a's 
fifth summer, a is to be taken up ; and whilst room is being 
given to the hives b, c, and d, the centre-hole in a is kept 
carefully closed, and a (unless the summer has been very 
bad) will swarm; its first swarm, and also its second swarm, 
i (A’ it be. not too late in the season) must be set up as 
- directed, in section 3. 01 the hives b, c, and d, some will 
l most likely swarm, and their swarms must be set up in 
- the usual way. We will suppose that a and b have botli 
j swarmed twice, and that c and d have not swarmed at all. 
| In the autumn c and d will require no attention (except 
I weighing, and, if necessary, feeding), and b’s first and 
j second swarms must be joined to b itself; but a, and a's 
second swarm, must be joined to a’s first swarm, and this 
doubled or rather trebled first swarm may be called c. In 
J I 800 , b will have to be treated 111 the same manner as u was 
i treated in 1854; c and d's turns will come in 1850 and 1857, 
and e’s in 1858, or in its fifth year. In this manner the 
hives in the Apiary may bo kept quite strong (the grand 
element of success) and regularly renewed. 
It any of the hives not intended to be taken up do 
swarm, it will he some consolation to remember, that as to 
those hives, no more watching will be necessary, and that, 
at all events, the stocks will have }'oung queens.—11. 
1 ON THE MERITS OF SOME CROSS-BRED 
FOWLS. 
ILvving two liens of the (so-called, I believe,) Prince 
Albert breed, I was induced to try a cross with a true, short- 
1 legged Punchard cock, and the result has been beyond my 
expectations. Out ol seven chickens reared last season, six 
proved pullets of a rich, golden ; brown laced plumage, in 
; size somewhat larger than the mother, and of a remarkably 
compact form. One ol these I retained. She commenced 
laying at Christmas, being just six months old, and laid 
usually five eggs weekly, until she became broody, when she 
was set on eleven eggs, and brought out eleven strong 
chickens. These she tended with the greatest care, being 
placed in a netted enclosure, with a barrel for shelter. 
One day, when the chickens were just four weeks old, I heard 
a great disturbance among them, and on going out found all 
of them in the greatest consternation (if the sky had tum¬ 
bled down on them I verily believe they would not have 
been more so), and the hen issuing from the barrel. On 
looking in, I found she had laid an egg, which had evidently 
been the cause of their alarm; and to-day (May 30th), 
although performing her maternal duties in a most exem¬ 
plary manner, she has laid her tenth egg in us many days. 
The eggs, too, I should sa}’, have each weighed over two 
ounces. From these few facts I think I may say that some 
cross-bred fowls are most desirable as layers, sitters, and in 
an ornamental point of view.—R. O., Edinburgh. 
[This is not an example of cross-breeding, for the“rrince 
Alberts” are Shanghaes, and so are Mr. Punchard’s. How¬ 
ever, we insert the facts as another illustration of the good 
qualities of Shanghaes.] 
QUERIES AND ANSWERS. 
GARDENING. 
INTRODUCING A VINE FROM AN OUT-BORDER 
INTO A VINERY. 
“ I have a vinery with a front wall three feet high, and 
upright sashes about the same height, to which I have made 
a new border; the bottom of it being level with the bottom 
of the wall (also the bottom of the door), and the surface 
level with the sill of the sashes. 
“ The query is, whether it is better for the Vines to go 
through the sashes, or the wall? The sashes have holes 
which have been used for others; but, of course, the part of 
the line that goes over the sill cannot be protected, except 
by hay-bands, or something of the sort, which appears 
anything but comfortable.—0. P. Q.” 
[There can be no doubt that the best mode of getting a 
Vine into a greenhouse is that which leaves none of that 
stem exposed to the outer air ; therefore, whichever plan 
you may adopt as to introducing the stem of your Vine, pray 
let no portion be exposed outwardly. Surely, no person who 
would bestow five minutes’ common-sense consideration of 
this subject would hesitate. Who would desire a tempe¬ 
rature in the collar of the Vine differing from the rest of its 
system? W T e can understand how a root may be fitfully a 
few degrees cooler; but, take the average, and see how the 
case stands.' The root will not so readily be affected bv a 
temperature in the air suddenly depressed ; but if the collar 
be exposed, the branches, it may be, in an air-heat of 75°, 
and the collar freezing, why, surely, as our parliament-men 
sajq “ the supplies must be cut off.”] 
MANAGEMENT OF RUSSIAN VIOLETS—PUTTING 
GLASSES ON A HIVE. 
“ Will you kindly tell me when I ought to divide Russian 
