Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1833-06-03
opfRArIoy OF tue SECOND NV.


Tbs WIS placed in the garnet of my house near
= glass window The room was of course llgnt.--
White the weather was cold it was all well; but
the first warm diY the bees issued Gu, quite ire
" Us IL sun shon" through the glass, they hu2Hcd
against in great quantities and not being aoa 10
gel out instead Of gong back to tn" hive the stupid
things staid about the wludo~, md n the course oil
a day ortro, when went up 70 visit thefn, found
fill. n quart Of them dead the floor. So much
for not 1no wing CROUCH to keep glass windows oui
Of "A bee house now took out the sash, and clos
ed Up three fnurhs Ciihc window with ughtboards
leaving plenty Of room at the bottom for tier en-
trance 10 the hive. made kind oil salows Ike
the one before described, and set the have upon IT,
placing bou,d from the hive to the wndow-s,l 10
facilitate their passage out ard IN, a distance OF
about two feet. This hive was small one who"
| obtained IT, aod was now reduced By losses 10
about half its original numbers. As summer oame
on they began to increase and to carry IN bee bread
ard honey to the hive II short they were, nj
| thourh small = thriving Industrious community
| They Increased rapidly, 50 much 50 tina; | immc.
,5a,cly constructed large new hive, on the Chnr-
! lieshope nian invested by Mrs Griffith of New
! Jersey. n description of which IS gwen below
! This hive As before mentioned, was large orr,
being on an average fifteen inches square, and
/ twenty inches high capable of holding about ten
packs of IRAN. The old hive probably held about
| three nncks This new hive was made very stout.
put together with screws and the joints perfectly
snug Having all things ready, about the middle
Of Jun at night, when the bees were all sull, /
carefully raised the old hive from ITS place and sci
| itasde | hen hung the new hive on the gaiio"s
a., which tbc old one haI stand. This hanging |
will esniain in describing the have. ha1 pre-
yjonsly bored three holes ofoue and nail inches
in diameter near together on line IN ABOUT liie
centre of,be TOD of the new hive that they could
enter II from the old one. When the new hive was
well placed and every thing right about il, 'emov-
ed the old enc back on to the top Of it, which, baing
so much broader than the old one, made lte light
| IN board for the bees. Before placed back the
old h;ycI examined and found livery full OF lnhab'
i,,nts. and thoroughly filed with comb then lett
them for few days to get acquainted WIN thef
! newly intended habita'ioh
The bees next day wentto work as usual paying
~ sor of attention TO the new hive, other thin using
,5c ton as lighting board to enter the old one up
on and doubt whether they eve, would nave nc.
tced it if | had not obliged them TO do 1t. Fearing
! that they would swarm, as they hal increaseo 10
Great numbars, completely stopped up inc on
! hive with mortar, and compelled them TO 60 down
| thrbusbthe new one. This operation, however,
thsv d,st,ked exceedingly. Although they pas
sod mt nj the old hive down through the ne" ono,
t1ey wou1 on returning all fly up to TIE o'a llSh'-
IN ,,ace al the top of tie new hive, where 'hey
,sseph ID in irnn >nse numbers rHnnihg apoat u''-
EASY and disc1nteut,d After runo'ng "hoa' Az nue.
thav would A. OF AGAIN to the WINDOW an '"p"'
bnzzinr about little, ~ ia aisht at '''e 90 l'',' y
~ ,,,,e,,o Tie same course as bf1re. lney be-
an ho.yeyef bfJra long TO discover f'e en-
:, ,be hort m orihc new hive, when, us evening
1 oil hut Il WAS CYL