Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1833-05-23

CuLrU,t, or Nf.ES
Ma. SMITH: U:a,rco, ~. Nun 8, 1888. :.
For m my y"nrs have .pnid much atlen
ton o.rrslig r'd nt1nag. nent Of bees and be.
fore the miller On norrl worm nadc ITS appearance
aboit eighteen years snce fhad been very success
fi. The 1lanaI'y of honey produced was much
greater " hen used the double hives and after
hi tcclin"l driving and robbing them, which
ssIom 'ild " In SUCCESS. Hut since the appearance
ofahHd srGttlsc ~ o!.n eraI called, by some, the
mtIr 'ave scarcely made honey sufficient for
tmay purposes | was much pleased to see in
yonr paper, Of March Doth, an extract fom the
& .nn'ss e Farm r;uf the experiments made by
w w. & Win aPpeHrs to have thought much mp
nihe subj Get. aud Ia b. 1iols 10 discover some
method of stopping the rava! ss of the worm.
have irle, nlny ways, aud lIaye not yet succeed
ed. First n,ldc good shelter Of sufficient size
TO coveresh.cn al twenty, with large thick
beach 10 SGT lien on. Boil ends of the hive were
mtlr p5rf, cjlY ,,ht and holes made about an inch
from the butt.un tor ingrcss I'd csrcss This net
otiRtln. lh4 desired object had spou,s inserted
INT ti- side Of hive, for them to pass in and out.
Oth'r' have placed upon plvots or little pebbles,
nad sua.iimes have pla. d ono or two on the
grounl. SOM few years since having a cavity IN
tn side OF my ho, st, about eight feet high and
tsty, tnc hes square concluded to use 1t as n
apartments, two doors to each apartment J one
of glass the other of wood TO darken the hive Into
the lower apartment put aswarn Of bees, through
the lover sh of the inward door, and inserted IA
tdbo, Of one inch diane or and six in length
though the wall of the house place Of lngress
and egrcsS. They appeared TO do very well for a
While, when discovered the fly had got in and OBJ
served ttlc OF the wet about the exterior of the
comb Soma time after this, He'd them, and took
about live g"llpnS OF honey. | have since put IN Il
new ave, mule very iish', and about this time two
iycals since, | uShecd in new swarm MS before
hoping rom the size of the lower ana upper cavity,
Fney would remain there until they had filed both,
) cithout swarming. But l. my astonshment be-
hevlny they would never swarm 80 long they
had room sufficient about Jane last there came out
very large swarm Ihave seen through the glass
one Of those flies that dcposlte the egg from wheel
The worm comes running about inside of The hive,
as If looking for some way of retreat. have not
dIs1o' cred, however, any injury as yet from them
IN this hive. But ii it be trie as Old bee hunter
OF verncity has told me, that bees found in trees
twenty-five ttet from the ground were injured |
fear neither the plan of w. w. b. nor mine will
avail lam now irving the following plans TO keep
out the worm. l. have fixed my bee house in
sach manner as to enable me to suspend all my
'i'Ves ABOUT SIX inches above the bench, by hang
ing them upon hook, or fixing them on two pieces
fxendlns from one end of tie house TO the other.
nave had hive made twelve inches square
ana fourteen inches from the top to the shoulder
ahs sides sawed in, and with the use of hot water
cent ana brought to point just so close as TO be
s''hc'enl TO mimlt the passage Of the bees This
,'''e suspended abou, a half an inch from the Aenc,
, .Oa,'"s no place for dcpose. have not had a
"ai sufficient TO ascertain the utility of this meth
W oos II suspending is best 10 keep out the worm,
am satisl'd 1t is best to have them made in this
way Tor the following reasons u. The hive
n.y. %,"ss better upon the rack spoken of above. ..
-, Jaws OF The hive being brought point leave
f,cc Tor ueposIte of that farr,aceot,s Substance
which Is So often f,usd a, tl,, b,tto i, Of the he.
n'Scs' and which is so genial to the Matching of
s.., worm BESIDES. the bees find much less DIFF
H's..y IN entering suspended hive made in this
tr ry s'' IN the hive which 4en al the bot,am
~' ". SIX. T. "a 5.