The Sun.
London, England, 1827-06-26 00:00:00

NERVOUS. COMPLAINTS, AND DEBILITY

DR: FOTH IERG I LNERVOUS
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di"rder-1-'s, and their various distressing affections, as Op..
Ptes'sion of Spirits, Head Aches, Loss of Appetite, Indi-
ge'ti", Spasms, Tremors, Fainting Fitt, and Debility or
t-kia..-..atioa of the Sr3tem, it is confidently recommended
O hive recourse to the above celebrated 'Medicine from
which they are assured of obtainitig immediate relief, and
11Y a sine perseverance in it, ,agreeable 0 the directions
given, the complete re •establiShment 'Of their health.
Sold in bottles at 4s. 6d. ; I Is., and Vs., by Nears.
"haler, Chemists, Cheapside, corner cf St. Paul's, Lon-
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Edinburgh ; Savory and Co. 136, New Bond-street, and
220, Regent-street, and by the principal Medicine \Tenders
in the kingdom. Of whom may be had, Dr. FOTHER-
'ILL's TONIC FEMALE PILLS, recommended in
eNvral Debility pf the Constitution, also as a safe 'and
rtellent remedy in those periodical irregularities which
-e4l,,_ales of delicate and languid circulation, more espe-
aelilrts.th9e/ounger part, are liable to.—ln Boxes at Is. I id.

ON BEES.

FOR THE ADVANTAGE OF THE POOR

MR. EDITOR—There is' an old proverb " that
what is every body's business is nobody's business,"
which is the reason of your being troubled with
this letter. As abler pens have neglected •to write
on this subject, I am induced to do so, not only from
a wish to benefit the poor, but the country. It is
the duty of every clergyman in the United King-
doms to have a bee-hive on the -plan of Huish, which
prevents the cruel practice of destroying* bees' for
the sake of their honey; as a bee is ascertained to
live four years, how much longer is yet unknown.
This the clergyman of the parish can explain to-the
poor; which he will no doubt do, if so recom-
mended by the bishop:. An increase of bee-hives
will ensue, and a greater quantity of honey and wax
be sold by the poor; as there is no part of the
world where there is so much forage for bees, as in
the United Kingdoms, into which is annually im-
ported near a million of pounds weight of wax,
which can be procured at home. A good hive of
bees (exclusive of the hiveXweighs four pounds, and
will throw off three swarms of bees in a. year. In
the common English hives bees are subject to the
dysentry, and numbers die of it; .fOr a bee can no
more live without sickness in the miasma from the
breath of many, than a human being. This cannot
happen from an hive on the• plan of Heish. It is
like the frustrum of a cone, the larger part upwards
(a garden-pot on its bottom), over this is a board
with a number of square tin plates, in which holes
are pierced to let the miasma ascend to the top of
the hive, which top is higher than the board, leaving
a space between, and may be called a false top : the
straw from which conducts the condensed ;vapour
down on the- outside of the hive. There is not a
serf in Poland and Russia who does not know that
if a bee-hive °is full of bees (and theirs are made cy-
lindrical in trees) the upper fourth is honey and, wax
(which they take once a year) ; the third-fourth for
the eggs and larvce; and the last and lowest for the
habitations of the bees. The honey in England
(after the first year), according to the quantity of
forage, may be often taken, a small quantity being
left. In the spring-the bees procure honey from the
yellow blossoms of the furze ; in the autumn from
the heath flowers. . At this season an hive 'of bees
being deprived of honey weighed 121b5., and being
taken to an heath, in three weeks, weighed 721bse,
having gained sixty pounds of honey and. wax. This
is less surprising, as the flight of a bee is one mile
in three minutes. The French carry their bee-hives
in carts many miles to forage. Honey.-and wax
can be got without destroying the bees, because
the honey is taken from the, top in -Huish's hive,
across which there are battens, or flat pieces of wood
(not fir), an inch diameter and two inches asunder,
which battens can be easily removed, and to which
the honey-comb adheres; over these battens there
is a piece of gauze, and over that the'circular board
with the tin plates with holes to allow the,miasma
to escape. As hives sometimes . fail for want .of
drones, the supplying an hive occasionally with a
few will prevent this happening from that cause.
To feed bees f. in winter, boil half-a-pound of fine
white sugar in a pint of mild ale, and when cold put
some Of it in a flat plate, with a few straws across
it. The enemies of . bees' are frogs and toads,
wasps, ants, mice, and a,White butterfly seen after
sunset amongst potatoes ; the caterpillar of this
feeds on wax, and is the only; insect or being (yet
known) on this globe that can digest.wax. A grate
of wire over the door of the hive at sunset.will pre-
vent this butterfly getting- into the hive to lay its
eggs ; at sunrise it is incapable of motion, and the
door of the hive may then be opened. The grass' for
tea feet round an hive should be removed, to allow of
the bees overfatigned settling without danger. The
leg of the stand of the hive should be rubbed with.
tar, a.barrier to ants. The hive should not touch
any bushes or be under a tree. These directions are
sufficient for the poor; and. the greater publicity this
letter has the 'mire benefit is likely to accrue.
June 19, 1827; APIS.
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4 The eggs of the next spciug swarm b.re also destroyed.
If water is at a distance, supply the bees with water in a
flat plate on one side of the hive upon the stand. '
t Jays and woodpeckers.

The price of coal haling been reduced at the
Wigan pits, the: If:eridal -Coal C,'Ompany have
made a reduction done penny per cwt. to their
customers here.—Westmoreland Advertiser."

As a proof of the estimation in which the
Duke of WELLINGTON'S late conduct is held by
the people of this neighbourhood; We may men-
tion, that at a " Wellington Club,", held in Sal-
ford, on Monday, to commemorate the " ever-
memorable" battle of Waterloo, so far from the
Duke's health being diank with « three times
three," there was not found one member of the
club daring enough even to propose his health.
but a poor concern.--Manchester Guardian.
The Stockport•dinner, also,. seems to have bon