The Sun.
London, England, 1863-08-27 00:00:00

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The Government having decided on abegiiiiifil#4 A, s,c
the dockyard end naval store establishment ata S.' -
Deal, Admiralty instructions have been received at
Chatham, directing the whole of the stores to be
removed from tEe Deal yard to Chatham, where
they will be inspected by the officials of the esta-
blishment. Those which are found to be unfitted
for the public service will be condemned and dis-
posed of. Already several of the largest descrip-
tions of anchors and cables save been transferred
from Deal to Chathain, and two of the dockyard
transports are employed c:Kclusively in removing
the remainder of the stores. The site of the dock-
yard will be appropriated by the Government for
building purposes, 3 portion being set apart for in-
creasing the barrack accommodation of the troops
quartered at Deal.

The improvements lately introduced by the Ad-
miralty into iron shiphuiiding, and more particu-
larly those made in the construction of the Bellero-
phon, have had the effect of stimulating the private
shipbuilding interest to unwonted activityin the
same direction. The coirin'ttee of Lloyds' have
submitted their rules and regulations'i for the build-
ing of iron ships to a
thaereoute'
a revision, based on
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communications Which have been
bcoyuanl-1
the principal iron shipbuiiders
try. The suggestions which have been brought
been
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this way to the notice of the
committee
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well considered, and made the basis of
of regulations, compiled by Messrs. Martinne cod 9
Ritchie, the principal shipbuilding surveyors
sanadt
Lloyds'. In order to render this code fully intelli-
gible to the profession, the committee have offered
to their large staff of surveyors a series of prizes to
those who should succeed in producing the best
and most exact set of illustrated drawings
of everything relating to iron shipbuilding. In order
at the same time to secure a thoroughly independent
adjudication upon the various competit.ve plans, the
committee requested Mr. Reed, the recently-
appointed chief constructor at the Admiralty, to
award the prizes. He has done so, and also prepared
an official report, which is about to be printed and
circulated by the committee for the information of
the surveyors and agents throughout the world.
The first prize has been awarded to Mr. Cornish,
the youngest surveyor on the staff at Lloyds'.
Prizes of a second-class have also been awarded to
Messrs. Boolds, Davey, Light, and Lane. The re-
port of Mr. Reed was so satisfactory to the commit-
tee, and afforded such evidence of the professional
skill evinced by Lloyds' surveyors, that the com-
mittee have trebled the sum which they originally
appropriated as prizes and gratuities to the compe-
titors. The prize drawings will be engraved and
published for the guidance of the shipbuilding pro-
fession.

A number of workmen are now busily employed
at Chatham in cutting away the solid granite aides
at the entrance to No. 2 dock, in which the iron.
whip Achilles is under construction, in readiness
for that vessel being floated out. As much as 2ft.
Bin., or 16in. on each side, will have to be cut away
from the entire length of the solid wall on both.
sides the dock in order to admit of the Achilles being
floated out without touching the sides.
Major-Gen. Bloomfield, Inspector-General of the
Royal Artillery, returned to town last evening from
a tour of inspection in Scotland and the northern
districts.
The fallowing appointments have been made at
the Admiralty--Lieut. W. Howarth to the Hogue,
for service in the Harpy ; Lieut. Richard H. Napier
to the Duke of Wellington ; Sub-Lieut. Edward I.
Bellett and Sub• Lieut. Francis H. Chapman to the
Marlborough.

BEES AND BEEKEEPING.

(Front the Field.)

REMOVING BEES TO THE HE. THER—Your correspon-
dent "Socdolager" appears to have managed his bees very
badly in taking them to the moors; and as it is my object
to preserve the lives of these interesting, useful, little crea-
tures, and to encourage bee-keeping, by showing how tliey
can make a good profit out of their bees, I cannot better
cony nee him that swarms can be moved with perlect safety
than by publishing a correspondence that I have had since
my instructions appeared in the _Field of July 25, white
will show him that other people besides myself can carry
swarms any distance if my instructions are strictly carried
out (as "Socdolager" says that loss is sure to ensue if
swarms are removed to the moors, and he warns all bee-
keepers not to remove swarms). A gentleman in Lincoln-
shire wrote to me on the 29th July, saying that previous to
seeing my instructions in the Field how to remove bees to the
heather, he had removed 13 swarms to the moors, and the
combs broke down inseveral of them, and the bees were all
drowned in their own sweets. lie says :—" The plan I
pursued was, I took the hives gently off the stands, and
tied them up in a thin piece of calico, and they were con-
veyed very steadily, but you appear to prefer carrying then
turned upside down. My bees are in flat-topped straw
hives. I shall esteem it a great favour if you will drop me
a line with some further instructions, as I want to take
about 20 more hives to the heather."

Clayton-bridge, Apairy, near Manchester, July 30, 1863.

Dear Sir.—l am sorry you have had the misfortune to
lose some of your hives and bees, as it is very discouraging.
The new combs, especially in late swarms, aro as brittle as
glass, and break down with the least shake when heated,
and even fall with their own weight if they have any honey
in them, as the bees. when made up with the finest calico,
get excited, and the heat ascending to the top of the hive,
saon heats the combs, and they give way. But I think, if
you will follow my directions, you will meet with no fur-
ther accidents, as I have taken my bees to the heather
for many years—part of the way by the railway, and then
six miles over a very rough country—on, and: suspended
under a carriage, and I took them again last Saturday with-
out any accident. Fasten your bees, especially your swarms,
in a covey of very open net (strong cap-net will do) with
holes in just small enough to prevent the bees escaping,
and, when tied securely, turn the Live gently up, but mind
that the edge of the combs are at the bottom part as you
turn it over, otherwise the comb will probably bend o break
with its own weight and the bees upon it. When turned
bottom upwards. the combs all rest upon their own founda-
tions, and the heat always ascends, and so escapes through
the net, the inside of the hive is kept cool. Swarms always
ride the best suspended ; with old hives the same amount of
care is not necessary, as the bees varnish their combs with
a sort of glue, and when they have had brood in the combs
the cocoons left in the cells again strengthens them, so that
tboy become nearly as tough as leather, and you can knock
them about as you like, provided you give them plenty of
air. It will be a gratification to me to hear that I have been
the means of saving you your property and the lives of the
poor bees, and am, yours respectfully, W. CARR.

D2ar Sir,—lt is impossible for me to return you suffi-
cient thanks for your information about taking bees to the
heather. I purchased some strong cap-net, and conveyed
my bees as you directed, and I had not one accident, and
they all arrived safely at the moors. I had some of them
suspended, and others put on some straw in a light cart, and
the pony trotted very quickly for about five of the miles over
a very rough road, and, as you said, the hives were kept
cool, and there was not a single comb damaged in any of
swarms whatsoever. If you should at any time be so un-
fortunate as to lose your bees, I shall have great pleasure irk
presenting you with a new stock.—Yours respectfully,
Mr. Carr.

I have made no mistake, as " Socdolager" imagines, when
I advise a full-sized hive to be placed upon the top of the
old stock when I want to take the old hive from the bees,
and leave them in the new hive when they return from the
moors ; as by that time the brood will be nearly all hatched
out in the old hive, and the top hive will be filled with
sealed honey-combs, which will ensure the bees' preserva-
tion until next spring ; but if the addition was placed below,
the bees, perkapa, if the weather was bad, would not have
placed any honey in the bottom hive (as the bees always
fill the top combs first), and in that case you could not
take the old hive from them.—Wm. CARR.

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