Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1831-01-24

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" So'"''tdace "A very large spider col
" - '"e gas beil, Just the mound had
oos" commenced. The bees LETT their work "a
:, 49, ~ 1ohhho" enemy, tut did not over
I'M "in as he succeeded IA Climbing nm ,bs
s'"ss much beltcr than they. Hay,,, ,na,,,,
, I" "a%e thousand AT pmpls, but fallino ha,L
''' iedcbIhg the Intruder they tufnpC the,,
' a,'o".'on 10 raising pillar by which they
- ''"e" nun. In Two days the column of
- u'a''e'rr, was six inGhe, high, SO thai
, ~ p'" S'ep 10 tue bar before mentioned
o1'I''"utu from the centre. Mounting tins IN
9'0n'shihS numbers, he was forced 10 take In
'ne s'"ss again. Being within two m,h.,
,po" 'oos'hs their toot-hold and falling 10
VIC "''oh constantly, their progress wa. such
as 70 alt'm the spider exceedingly | watched
'ne app odching LonillcI with Iutrnse lnterest
-" +" 10 the spider eased himself down on a
eo'"' 81 MS own manufacturing, just as the
ices wire ON the point ol srizIng h,m Tins
| SCOUT suspended midway, betwixt the central
Iii'' ana the side vi the glass on a s,ns4e
| '"ieau, perhaps loot III length wa. oLlie.d
u rave NM On The following day, tue s,id.r
s''h Ac,t al Ne end VI tie roge though ,be
ptte Nele trying by variety OF schemes
10 Rfl hIh wonder they did not Nv at ban |
as '"'Ie Va room enough to ne thcIr wings |
v, MI
DER VAS missing, an prob ably despatched l.,
toIturt.
i"i"ns an atch OF Max like an oven over am
e"eu'y ma q mutiag the "llrnder, Mh..e,.l
Geld, Is escorted 10 nccas onaly
4 DsSJfSihs H0ney-It Is generally nd
"'''eu believe, tnal The be swallow, me bo.
nc J. anu '"ai IT Is dhgorged into &C put
- So'hc Kun OF thoIt. Probably by nc,ne
"lAed with the prlul, AZ seer, tom OF la. orY.n
y,
u changed la Tact, 'his must ne the case, a.
u,itct Experiment shows, by feeding u Inv. ON
west i"uh ho"ty. A single bse might car,
u IN tnt "'oith 10 the interior two or th,r,
'easI oohlel' Ia d da,, lhIor ia,ge coif.. Am,
cei' nav been repeatedly tonyf, cd mo ia.
"'e l" sh houfs. lhIS very day, (Aug4s, ,
ny way oil asc RAINING POM, IA tu.nnIer a,
noaey spread GA a plate BY on,y n small mart oil
'he "ho'e SWAIN was ialten III two hoars
The conirItaLce ny which the proc,ss oil
"'sso' s'ug Ia ELECTED Is so SIMPLE, and Uubal
}" haihiiable. tnat II aust interest the stndrnt,
VI "",nfr' Independent ot muscular acton a
ConPIe'e CO lapse OF The sack taxes plce-by
" pressure, beSIoning at tie iundus, a. gradual
y piopashled towards the 1sOphagus swal
low, th'S Ia accomplished By sefles OF an bags.
on lneeul" shapes, surrounding the resenor !
W hen the bee desires 70 drposu tns hon.v H., /
e'esalihE the wings, aud Commenting a YER |
nicuihI motion, that rs, 10 and lro WORKING q
OF Tue rugs oi tue body. the enters the splr
oC"a, u's'oi"S the an cells, and thus tdeciu-
my lo'crS the IeserOr. | have procured d
'ailety OF those ar bags On a scale OF two i,ei
mat ihcr shape mlgat De seen aud their luuc
L On UNDERSTOOD
f00d.-My experience leads ma IA su,,. =
pose mat The bee extracts honrt from sImssl d
h"1 mowers WIN impunity. As abundance of I,
~ "a am not conscious iaat the
15dbie"'e - annoy Is injured IN The least all
nv attempts TO iced then on bnekwheat lOw :
r. have tailed: perhaps the salt spray lnJnres {
the blossom ior their use. CatnIp blossoms tuty I
deligh, Ia currant bios ,oms and tue flower OF
a large kiGd Oi bean, caicd by the gardener,
English coffee OF Windsor bran. are Ought iof
with ayiJ,b. From the dandeIion they collect,
al tins place, the principal parI oil the material {
Tor comb. From the cedar posts, they seem 10 l
procure al neth'ng, OF maerlal consequence. :
lne sun Il ,~er probably Yields quantity
OF tac ,el ~ dost with which we see them load
their Thighs Il ing rather coarse, lhey do nOt
seek it II otner flowers abound.
Were "A farmer, | should ce talnly cultivate
a ,ld OF calnip solely lor the bc.s, fully be-
Ii vipy Il glves oil IL waim summer, IA gooa
,i,,l OF sa1IharIue matter Utsldts inpaitng
,,llp.t al Il lVur II tudt sdh watch il /, ,uIA
Cd.
d The Qiec7i--l am in doubt VIA 10 say 0
the y lren : prrhaps may have beeH deceived
in st,,,,o5inS her before me and un The utt ell
hand She M aht have gone in sale, without my
kuowlpdpe. notwithstanding All tnat wlitrrs
say ot the q ,ern, am beginning IL he sept
cal ia lael am much dibposed 10 question tue
.>,,t,uCe Of such ruirr. Ally hive must have
ca hlblted her ~cre She among neI snhJ' cts Neie
n not ahso uttiy rude to"tIts lhO.e learned
rptoinoluglsts VINO have gained such distinction
IA the woaI, ny unio,dng tne political cJndl-
ton ol a bee hivr, | should say ihr queen "ae
4 - :.
ent. 10 communicate my uleo ), leot II s"ould
be incorrect.
7 The Young.-From a series of e1am'na-
ton 1 am Ied ~ suppose tiIat an egs ID drp"sr
| ted in every cell OF honey, Throughout Tue
hive how or VII, it bogus 10 Increase III
SIZE, eAtepting IL be Ivy the i"tiea-el ten
peraluIe OF tne air, | will not pretend 10 say
! luht tue temperature yaIieS, Is wen known
ia some oil the CoIdcst days III Ai8rCh aud A
last, the mercury would rise 10 summer A.
l. is SOON known, mhe" the magGpt Ieqnlies
material .tt.nnon ADout tue last vi June,
such broad she Is Of comb, having d maSgol,
idst dI, cerni he, al the bottom, were 50 con
.,,,uous. that used 10 nnporiune gentlemen
; Il, N ,turss the process ot feeding tuen. lie
,erxtendei rs pl oJoseis Y lite deep, hIi' rs
n.a,ly as could be asceitdlned, the crush
ch.. ed. probably with ITS appropriate no1r-
,sh.nrnt, louclltdIs mouth. ShGht mo"on'
observable IN tue worm, VAS taken 10 be the
evidence OF lis feeding. The cells, too, we've
keep most perfectly q an we Jda2e1 my
uere led once nj twenty io"r hours' ny
I'M. > j,n oil july pas, they wr,e generally id.l
grow n snd Ny Gegiees, emerge cd fo"i 'ae'' o'''u
e place 10 nlngle viii the othe's.
, b. D,Oas..-I scarcely k"o" what answer
J. TO p,,ei 10 our qu, ston CLAW 10 tue dr""es'
p / nave never Witnessed gene'"I ma'saere
t,,.c cruel exrcaiDns, whrle Two VI ihf.e ar
,. lolcrd Itom the ives al the lime, aud siuns
n I'LL tnry de, have been II ed repeatedly
n How do ,ou captain the 'oi. o"hg accom-,
= Just as ne you"g ones IA" a''''oN 10 ' ''
s a., rno,I tel, flied the cell, tIey "efe hIIe'
nv hundred. Perhaps gu, hrs', white a"'