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

Nho noedlesss acts foot upon a WORM
By tc0rm we wonder u he included the grub.
worm. Alas liule did that amiahle n,an thinl,
OF the mischief that would cusue from this sen.
| sibilty and tenderness towards insects. ~.
thought that when nature created thrni. and de
signed hem an abode, that IL WIS n speeies Of
cruelty to hunt or harm them. when mon actual.
" crawling " In ti~ alcoye, the chamber, or re.
tectory." Blu, The harm that The irw do, which
SO inadvertently approach our dwellings,. Is in.
significant when compared 10 The ra,nees of
every Kind ofioseft excepting the bee when in
the abode that nature assigned It, This very
worm, fom which The. biz NJ turn aside when Ne
meet II IN our path, snef destroy ing the roots
ofour pasture and our corn, becomes "A winged
insect, and continues iR ni,schief to the deairllc.
tion Of our finest fruIs =.
We really are ine sud piieh between our sen.
s'bilities and our SENSE oi Justice TO ourselves -.
We say thatinseots have So mutt piled, that We enn
n'iiher raise gram for our cattle, nor frn,i 10,
ourselves "heep The birds near you, say the
philosophers quit the cruel practice oil shoot.
ing the harmless song ,fers Of the grove. and on
will not only be rewarded by seeing thai insect
decrease, hut YOU will be char med by their mel.
ody." But hen, we say 10 answer that the
birds do not discriminate that they prefer
bees to every other insect, and therefore the.
Difhs must die And III reality we mpst make
war ,npon those birds, that show the greatest
iondness for our little friends Lei VA. al
least, show our sense Of the value of these, b,
keeping their enemies away, nj any rnte from
their very doors. Let ms essen the chance OF
their enconntrring them abroad, hy planting
The faVoriic food Of the bees as near the apiary
as possible and also lessen the chance oil their
beng drowned when driven by hirh winds. AZ
'hsy stop - DRINK, ~ giving them running
streams near to their hives.
In me 1--WE OF IA new swarm, during the
month ct July and August. there are fewer small
bees Than IN one thai has bcn tenanted for four
or i've years. The bee, like all Other insects.
SPINS itself a covertoe before IL becomes u 1y
"he' II fmerees with wings from It's cell, scvr.
ia' o'atf bees approach il, feed II with the con
tents OF then stomschs. and then clean onl the
&c" anu u'posh n 1t fresh honey. This IL then
CONSTANT practice and ihe bee that Is just born,
d. soon as II mas been fed and has stretched ia
wings hieA of to u flower, aud commences us
labois, But although the bees cleaa out The
ce'i. tI'c moment II young bee is born, vet thy
: .fller Ind no inconvenience from hat part Of
the FL which the young bee leaves ~ the bot
tom Of the cell, (and which 10 Of Il silky ma
ture, J or they are unable to detach IT. In cs;h-
sequence of this the cell is nQt So deep, am' ms
the same circumstances cccur perpetuaily rood
alternating With honey. the cells becovic every
year ws'bly smaller aud, conscquc ntly, thnfe
bees that are bred in these small cells, of which
there is a great nu nber. are neve, of the full
size Of those that have had more room. Even
the queen eggs, winch ue say are often deposi-
ted N the cells of neaiets, aud have aierwaris
larger cells attached To the first, never produce
70 large a queen bee, as # tho cell had been OF
improper d'mepsloDs at FIRST. Thus we see
tina, 'he contraction oil the cen may dininlsh the
SIZE OF a bee, even 10 tho extinction ollie. iust
AS the contraction OF a Chinese shoe rS1iuces tie
foot even to useles9ness bot IN ueitter case
viii d single new organ be taken from OF added
to the foot, whether the cell or shoe be larger or
smaller.
ITa ,...J.H.J - 1901