The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1828-12-04
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BEES.

straw hives are unsuitabi. for our climate,
and afford a harboi for all kinds of insects.
Is foil 10 talk oftlieir cheapness. fla man intend
o Keep bees. he must in The first place, make the
hives in the very best manner by this we mean
4 good materials and good workmanship A
hive oadly joined by an awkward carpenter is
worse than a hollow tree. One half of the In.
Dor of the bees, is directed 10 the repairs
% then dwelling II is not asserted that bees
will of themselves, fall into these hives, or thai
no trouble or Expense is necessary in the man.
| agenlent of an apIary. Ne know that he;b
care and expense are required but The k,tt,r
after he first disbursement, is very t,n,ng
Vigilance and neatnpss are forever in reou,s,,;on
and the care OF bees like all other profitable -
s'ness. cannot be pursued 10 any ad.,a
age, unless 1t receives daily and minute a,,a,
ton. But have we not " complishc. a,aa,
deal when We have redu, ,d tho H.; " -"
sainiy7 IVA '''-
But although b, as we have efore observed no
NV :. ;" pie IN the'Jrg5 and practice. than
,s ~. "" care OF bees, yet it requires "A
constant ard unrcmi ted attention # We MIN
'n"''" the INSTRUCTION Of profit. Can any
'h'"g' G well do'ic ana 10 advantage wi,hon,
w. : Varrc, in his treatise, ne Re Ruti.a, =.
TIC iirst"hI has oft poken hires. lie wrote ~
wards OF ! $50 years ago aud how many dic
icrcnt sorts of hives have been constructed nc.
lin time. TO say nothing OF the dihereu, iheo
rfes We wish TO see bees IN every garden
, throughout America but we Rave no 1eslra to
see the subject ,ucumbered more than is ne
cesSary to advance the plea ere and profit of the
pursuit. To the uaturarrsis We will leave d.
eussion OF organization and propagation. They
are foreign to our purpose, as they only serve
70 perplex and deter us rom the main point.
But it is proper to know the most simple made
of mansFing a hive, and this includes the p.stpr,
or food that is necessary for its scs,en.ncc
Hunger DESTROYS AZ MANY bcts as the milers
We OUCH; to cultivate such sbruos and plants ms
Inc bees like without tins they will starye
The American blac5 willow and the red mamie
are the hrst trees that IRE visited by the bees
They are fond ofthe crocus, which is earliest OF
the dubious roots bud these we can have in
abundance, as obey multiply quickly aud oceu.
Ply but little spare. They are beautiful IN them.
selves, AiTordiDg n rich treat 20 the ewes aud
the nowei so EARL, and are Of such bright and
vivid colors that We take rs much pleasure in
Them as the bees do. The s'ercory aud piggery
are next rcsorted 10 by these insects. These we
presume are their medicine shops. and the ex-
tract absorbed from thnIn must be used as a Ia.
mic. Blossoms OF all lards excepting those oil
the red clover aud of the honey -Snckle are ez-
] ceileet food aud the tees e.prCially pr,f, by
the rcreasod attention bestowed at present or
the Cultivation OF the pe2th tree ~ some parts
OF the country. they moi only drink the nee
tar aud extract the pollen ofthe tower, bu. they
appropriate the peach iiSH We have see.
S twenty OF thirty bees deyost peach in half IA
hour ; That is. they carried the inices OF il IL
their cells. de hamming bird alune eau reach
the bottom Of HI nectalY Of the honey-spckle
but even here the Instinct of the bee Is seen. The
small birds. such as the wren, make All incisiol
on the outside, near tic bottom Of the flower
and extract d part Of the JUICES. The bee takes
r Advantage OF this opening andavai!s itself ofwha
. LETT.
The scent oftbe bees = so acute. that every
$ flower winch has a powerful odor can be disco
yered by thew al . great distance. ST. awberry
hlosTams, mICnonefIe, Wild aud garden thyme
herbs Of all kunds, apple. plnin, cherry, and II
, bove al raspberry blossoms aud white cloyei
: are doliciou, food for them and "A thru
wing. orchard, garden, and aDiary fifty 90 to
gethcr
, But as the bee seeks only its own qualification
, in procuring honey and in regulating its house
hold, and AS, according TO the old proyerb, VIA
, is one mans meat is anothef's poison, il some
times carrier houe, to lis cell, which is prejndi
cal to us. DR.. Barton, III the fifth volume o
the American Philosophical Transactions, speak
OF several plaats that yieId>a poisonous syrup
Of which the bees pni:ake without injury, bu
i, which has been falal 10 man He ha, enane,
aied solue o. these plants, which ought to b,
). destroyed " hrrever they ATE seen namely
dwarflaurel, great laurel, kalinta lat folia hspa,
3, ca, ed mooTwort, Pennsylvania mountain La
rel, Wild honey sucltlr, Che bees as we ~lay,pot
served cannot get much of tits) and toe sira.
uoniun, OF ianipsion. weed which last ",
should wish 70 see completely eraaicatrI, "a liz
{ dependeutly Of the poison, EXTRACTED from II
flowers, aud from lis serbs which are often ea
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A model OF the h:yc with wc consider ofths he.
X construction. may be sse5 nj the y,i4ge uitle Lebanon
Snthers. ~ the hanGs IL DlnIe. I,N Lu, ; ar AT TIA
..cat Of rtn,udurc SrilgNis., -. IN Sjdrkhridge. tn
iin,enior Of this hive ia, hai az efa' s.urt Il rtiam
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