The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1877-05-08 00:00:00

BEE KEEPING.

Gardeners in Germany, Bavaria. Switzerland. and
many other countries are expected to undertake the ,
management of hivee and the culture of bees, and it is
much to be regretted that apiarign knowledge is not
MOTO generally diffused amongst the gardeners of our own
eountry : for but comparatively lirtle time lA needed to
gain sufficient experiecce and skill to attend to a small
apiary. Bees iedeed may, at a very little expense for first
outlay, he profitably kept in the ordinary straw hive, or
rather in the improved form known as the Cottager's
Hive, which consists of an ordinary round straw hire,
termed the smeir hive, some seven or eight inches agellb
with • hole at the top closed by • straw mat. Above
Ws is the snper. or cap hive, which when filled will
gentain Pee 10 lbs. of honey comb. Over all is • strong
erffering-hive which fite close on the bottom or stock hive.
The bee-hives should be placed under a shed, or in
Wildfle bee-house, or be otherwise protected from rain,
which would soon rot the straw. The hest mode of stock.
tom hives is to purchase • " swarm" of some neighbouring
less.master, sending to him, early in May, the lewer, or
stock hive, into which he will place the swum of bees,
snoring the opening to prevent their escape. The hive
should be placed at once in the position it is intended -to
occupy, and be kept closed till the following morning,
when the bees will emerege to take note of their new
habitation, and will afterwards proceed in search of, and
return laden with, their sweet store. They will then at
once proceed to fill the hive with comb, to provide storage
for honey and cells to breed in. A fortnight afterwards
the straw " super " hive must he piston, the mat covering
the hole at the top of the stock hive being removed, to
allow the bees to gain access to the super hive, which is
fitted with a little window, through which the bee-mastic
may note the formation of the cello. When he notices
that the cells near the window are sealed over, be may
conclude that the time has arrived to deprive the bees of
honey in the super hive. To do this be should a little
before dusk, raise up the super hive, by means of blocks,
an loch or so all round. and blow in a little smoke, to
drive the bees hack into the bottom or stock hive. The
hive should be thus left all night, and early the next
morning, before the bees commence their labour for the
day, the super will be ready for removal. If few bees
should, perchance, remain, they can be easily brushed
out, and will at once seek their entrance to the stock hive.
It may occasionally happen that the queen bee h••
taken a fancy to ascend to the super hive, and deposit her
eggs there; the bee-reader must, therefore, he careful in
removing the 'epee to notice if brood be visible: if so he
must replace the super for a few days, to allow the
youngsters to quit their cells, for as soon NI they have done
so, the bees will deposit honey.
The super hive, having been emptied of its luscious con-
trete, must be replaced, and will probably be found to be
sewn filled in a fortnight's time. The honeycombs, when
eat out of the super, should he folded in clean writing
taper, the packet being sealed to exclude air, and placed
In -•
warm sed dley closet.
From the feressiee rersarks it may be judged that bee'
keein is really vaT isersessiee, for, al telthe first out-
lay for dig" theleMseseeely any additional expense.
and the WY leheerese will spewlile win for
ibitliimedeleselleiffal Iliew week without wage, and provide
wily requiring, in return,
Mao 114180.41111111= sepervision and labour from
their master&

flours' Aurritaus.—The Agent Genera for South
Australia (Arthur Blyth, lee.) has received the following
telegram from the Government, dated Adelaide, 27th
ApriL "The MOOS is especially favourable; wheat, 7s,
per bushel"
HOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT AND rm.& —Disorder of the
Throat and Chest—Whoever has once made trial of thee.
invaluable remedies can truthfully beer testimony to
their astonishing efficacy, their curative and pereervative
powers iiiast the many maladies of winter. The ()int-
rued on the cheek arts most beneficially in
arresting infiarnmations irritation, commotion. and all
pectoral complaints. in ulcerated sore throat, diptheria,
mumps, gummy, and similar ailments, the Ointment
should be well rubbed upon the throat and summit of
the chest at least twice a day, while the Pills are taken
internally according to the plainly printed directions.
Hsllowa.s remedies constitute in themselves a perfect
eglinst mostdiessees dependent upon changeable
or ten* weather. They oeenterect the sources of
diem&