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OF the lining membrane. it is but partially
broken, and in hat case f the chick is not
taken out by hand, it will never get out.
! have found three eggs out oftwelve after
| The hen had left the nest in this predca>
| ment. Cult.
MULTIPLYING SWARMS OF BEES.
All who have read The Georgics of Wiz
gil, will recollect the story which the old
poet relates, of manufacturing swarms Of
bees by beating heIfer TO death. and leav-
ing her carcase to breed bees. This mode
will do much better in poetic theory than
in sober practice. BY studying nature,
and following or applying the lnws which
are unfolded to US by careful reseach, many
things can be accomplished which were be.
fore considered among the 'mpossbllites.
This is proved by the researches Of Mr..
Weeks, Of Salisbury, Vermont, into the
natural history Of bees. He has become
so familiar with their manners and customs,
that he thinks nothing Of taking q few
spare ones from any hive, shutting them up
by themselves, and after compelling them
! to raise TO themselves a queen, sets them
| to raising up swarm Of their own. AT
first we were little inclined to doubt this:
but after reading his treatise. which lie full
OF praclica instruction In the business, and
having some correspondence with him, wa
have come 10 the conclusion that it must
/ be So
7 The following extract from a letter re.
ceived from him. dated March 25th, will ba
interesting 10 our readers. III am indebt-
ed 10 gentleman who had travelled in
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bees to make queens. deaised meads IN
stantly to Try the experiment, and succeed.
ed tried again and again, and in vari.
Gus ways and under various circumstances,
and never failed IN single instance.
| have had them robbed, but never un-
I'll after the young queen had made her
escape from the cell where she was raised.
That the birth Of the queen is FASTENED so
that she ha'ches several days sooner than
her sisters, (Larvm) there can be no donbt.
The fact is obvious to every close ob,erv-
er. Now whethe! it is the difference in
food, or change of position, from horizon.
tai to perpendicular one, which changes
her nature 10 queen, is more than can
tell. But one thing is certain: their ma.
ture must be changed, if changed at all,
before they have obtained their entire
growth, for all chrysaes, with which
have any knowledge, become perfect-en
tre-before they reach this period of their
existence. II / am not mistaken, all nat
uralis,s agree to the following fact, which
is this: The peculiar jog which constitutes
a male or female IN the insect tribe, is pros
duced while IN the larve states not by
design however, in many as in the honey
bee tribe"
In regard to the multiplication of swarms.
he observes: THAT bees may be increas-
ed to any extent without swarmng, there
is not a doubt. Compelling the bees to
make extra queens, is the foundation OF
the whole business. And this may be done
in any country favorable to the raising Of
bees.
The most northern ATTITUDES are not az
favorable to increase colonies of bees with
out swarmlng, as in more mild climate.
and where the seasons are longer have
tired This experiment several times, and
have not yet failed. have divided them,
and received a swarm from one OF the d.
visions the same season. | have transfer
red and divided in the same with perfect
success, and thus far have not failed in
single tflaI, Wnen the experiment. was
made in accordance with the rules set
forth IN my manual. Bees may be 'ncreas'
ed 10 any extent without swarmlng, where
the seasons are favorable to that object.
In this latitude the seasons are too short to
make very rapid advances.
Artlfc a heat is not as favorable to the
breeding of bees, nor to their health and
lives, as natural heat. | have set them To
breeding IN January, but found that tho
heat produced by the fire, though moder,
ate, in the course of two weeks caused
death in many of the old bees, and ch''l
destroyed the larvm, aud was compelled
to relnquish the winter enterprise, as M
, profitable business. | am inclined to think
that n room may be SO constructed and 81
, warmed by heated mir, that swsrms may
, be forwarded IN The spring 10 great sdvan-
h tage,"-.Naine Farmer.