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THE COTTAGE GARDENER AND COUNTRY GENTLEMAN, April 6 , 1858. 
be strengthened in two ways—first, by an addition to tlieir 
numbers; secondly, by an addition to their riches. They will 
also clean out the comb that was left in the plundered hive, 
which, after three weeks, should be put by, hive and all, just 
j as it is, in some dry place till the following spring. It is plain 
| that if the early swarms next year are put into these hives, 
tire bees will only have half the trouble of comb-making, and 
they will soon fill up the vacant space with beautiful new 
comb. If, however, the combs in the plundered hives are 
black and old, it would be unwise to keep them. 
I must here caution the reader not to forget to place several 
sticks in these hives. There should be three or four of them 
: placed cross-wise for the purpose of supporting the combs. 
Place them from six to seven inches below the roof of the hive. 
And be sure to use a sharp knife in cutting out the honey. 
(To be continued.) 
WARDER’S HI YES AND RICHARDSON’S 
BOOK. 
We find that Mr. Tegetmeier, at page 234, Yol. XIX., 
makes some rather severe remarks on our previous paper on 
Warder’s hives, page 52. He says: “ From circumstances 
he appears to have misunderstood the greater part of my 
previous article on Warder’s method, and therefore (I believe 
quite unintentionally) misrepresents me to a serious extent.” 
On referring to our paper, we cannot find, except in one 
instance, where we are wrong ; and that is in what we said 
respecting Mr. Golding ; and we consider that Mr. Tegetmeier 
is partly to blame for our mistake, by his use of parentheses, 
which good writers avoid. These are his at page 412 : — 
“ Driving , which bee-masters such as Mr. Golding and others 
employ at the present day, (leaving sulphur stinks and stupe¬ 
faction to b ee-Jceepers who are not bee-masters) is correctly 
described,” meaning by Warder. We knew no reason why 
driving should be applied in particular to any of Mr. Gold¬ 
ing’s plans, and having seen his name spoken of rather lightly 
by a writer in these pages, we were jealous for his reputation, 
and having misunderstood the above, were led to think that 
Mr. Tegetmeier included that good apiarian amongst those 
whom he called “ not bee-masters.” We regret the mistake, 
and trust that our explanation will be found satisfactory. 
. With regard to the “ collateral plan is most unsatisfac¬ 
tory.” We merely said that some apiarians not of yesterday 
think otherwise, therefore Mr. Tegetmeier’s observations on it 
do not apply to us. His remarks on “Richardson and trashy 
compilations of men who wrote because they were paid so 
much per page,” may be equally said of many other writers 
on various subjects. Poor author is a bye-word, and many 
have written on the spur of the moment, for the sake of 
bread ; and a great author says, that “ he is a wise man who 
only publishes one book,” meaning at his own expense. But 
this cannot be said of the late Mr. Richardson, for he wrote 
for a Dublin publisher, and having little or no knowledge of 
bees, he was easily led into error, by copying from some of our 
leading writers on this “ side of the w r ater.” However, all 
those who believe that £50 a-year can be made by keeping 
bees, have no reason to complain of his statement, that from 
“ £10 to £17 profit can be obtained from a single set of boxes, 
i in one season—sufficient to pay the rent of from five to ten 
acres of land.” This came under our notice, when we reviewed 
Mr. Richardson’s book in the Gardeners’ Chronicle for 1847, 
and we recollect saying in reference to it, “ who would not 
keep bees ?” 
We shall leave it to the candid reader, who may take an 
interest in bees, to judge of the difference between the tone of 
Mr. Tegetmeier’s first notice, at page 412, of our paper, on 
Warder’s book, at page 382, of Yol. XVIII; and his second 
one, at page 234, in reply to our next one, page 52, already 
noticed. By way of guidance we may state, that we first said 
that Warder, like most others of his day, had strange notions of 
bees, and even professed to bring dead ones to life again. Mr. 
Tegetmeier spoke of that lightly, and said much in favour of 
Warder’s method ; and observed that “ with slight alterations 
it was almost identical with tbe most profitable system.” We 
noticed some more of Warder’s errors in our next paper, to 
which Mr. T. says, “ I am quite aware of their existence, and of 
more serious ones not quoted; ” and he advises to place the 
“ empty box above the stock to receive virgin honey without 
brood, instead of below.” We need hardly state this is just the 
reverse of Warder’s plan, which in these days is called Nadir- 
ing , in fact the common plan of elcing ; which accords with 
his ideas of bees. For he states that the “ nature of their 
workings is always to work downwards, and not upwards.” 
Having spoken of errors and strange notions in that old 
writer’s book, we may note the fact of there having been “ nine 
editions of it in fifty-three yearsit only shows that his ideas 
were conformable to the notions of Ills day. We may further 
observe, that if some writers, in these days, would but study 
the habits of these insects more in their hives, than in some 
books, perhaps they might see that they can form cells either 
upwards or downwards. Likewise the truth of our previous 
remark, that success depends more on the seasons and 
pasturage, than in any peculiar construction of hives. In 
some seasons we have had “ virgin honey without brood,” 
both by the simple way of storifying, and the collateral plan, 
while in others, just the reverse, it being mixed with brood 
and pollen. Much, of course, depends on the strength of the 
colonies, and where the bees form brood-cells to attract the 
queen’s attention.—J. Wighton. 
TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
Wardian Case ( C.L. ).—Ipomeeas, Phlox Drummondi, and others, 
-which you enumerate, will not thrive in such a Case. Ferns and 
Lycopods are best calculated for it. If you refer to our No. 432, you 
will find full directions. 
Garden Plan (A Monthly Receiver ).—We have over and over again 
declared, that we cannot plant flower gardens. No one can do so 
justly, unless he has seen the garden. 
Dairy Management (An Old Subscriber ).—We recommend you to 
buy “The Modern Dairy and Cowkeeper.” It is by Cuthbert W. 
Johnson, and published by llidgway. 
Glass for Conservatory Roof (L. R. N .).—We have one, such as 
you describe, roofed with Hartley’s Rough Plate Glass. 
Crickets (A Sufferer ).—Scattering Scotch Snuff about their haunts 
drives them away. Wide-mouthed bottles partly filled with beer and 
water, and sunk into the ground, traps them. 
Macartney Rose Culture (M. S .).—Although the Macartney Rose 
is almost an evergreen, and looks very different from all other Roses, 
the nature of it is exactly like the nature of the old Moss Rose, and the 
same kind of pruning and thinning will do for both, when they are 
against a wall, or fence, or stake; but the common way of growing 
the Moss Rose, as a dwarf, requires it to be pruned very close every 
year, and the Macartney would not submit to that dwarfing system, and 
that is the only difference between the two kinds of Roses. Moreover, 
the Macartney is the best Rose to plant against the south front of a 
dwelling-house, on the south side of a line drawn across the centre of 
England, to be trained and pruned very like an Apricot tree. 
Applying Guano (A Subscriber, Wiltshire ).—Dissolve five ounces 
in every ten gallons of water, and give the soil about the roots of the 
crops a good soaking once a week. The best of all manure for your 
kitchen garden crops would be your house sewage. We have a well 
into which all is collected, and from which we obtain it by means of a 
pump. 
Beetle on Peach Trees and Vines (A Constant Reader, Buxton). 
—The specimens were crushed to pieces by the post-office stamps, but 
there were enough of the limbs remaining to show that the insect 
ravagers are a species of Curculio, probably C. picipes. Your only 
remedy is to spread a table cloth beneath the trees, and to jar these 
enough to shake down these little beetles. 
POULTRY SHOWS. 
April 7th and 8th. Newcastle and Northumberland. See., Mr. 
W. Trotter, South Acomb, near Newcastle. 
June 2nd, 3rd, and 4tli. Bath and West of England. Sec., Mr. 
John Kingsbury, Hammet Street, Taunton. 
June 28th, 29th, and 30th, and July 1st. Sheffield. See., Wm. Henry 
Dawson, Sheffield. 
July 8th. Prescot. Sec., Mr. James Becsley. 
August 30th and 31st, and September 1st. North Hants. Sec., Mi. 
T. Moore, Fareham, Hants. 
N.B .—Secretaries will oblige us by sending early copies of tlieir lists. 
FEEDING POULTRY— EXHIBITION BIRDS. 
It lias often been said, that a man may tell a lie till at last 
he believes it to be perfectly true. Most persons will admit, 
that it is not difficult to persuade people that they are just the 
opposite of what they really are, by constantly telling them so. j 
