Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1843-06-07

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The HONEY BEE.-The following extracts are froE
delightful article the honey bee, the last number OF
/ the London Quarterly Review:
The "masses of every hive consist of kinds of bees
the workers and the dones. The fins, undeyeloped
females the second arc the males. Over these prcsidcs
the mother of the hive, the queen-bee. The number of
workers in strong hive about $4,000, and Of drones
about one to ten OF these. This proportion though seldom
exact is never very much exceeded fallen short of. \
single family, where swaTmng prevented will sometimes
amount according Dr. Bevan So 10000. in their
wild state, II credit the quantity honey said be
found, they must sometimes greatly exceed that number.
"Sweeis the hum OF bees" says Lord Byron; and those
who have listened 10 tins music Its full luxury stretched
upon sunny bed OF heather, where the perfume the
crushed thyme struggled with the faint smell OF the backen
scarcely have failed watch the s busy musician
"Nith honey'd thigh,
That at her fow'ry work doth sing
too well require heightened description OF her how she
fits from flower to flower, with caprcOus fancy
haustng the OF any spot but, the principle
Lve and let live" taking something for herself and leaving
as much more for the conner passing by the Just
opening and faded flowers, and deignng one
out of five that fublown, combing the philosophy
the epcurean and eclectic; still more like iasudious
noble on the grand with all the world before him.
hurylng restless haste from place place, skmming
the surface tasting the society carving off
some memento from spo, he has III upon and eav
ing plenty TO be Cleaned by the next traveller, dawdlng IN
one place he knows why, whsking by another which
would have amply repaid his stay and s pressing EDWARDS
as II IN search OF something, he knows whahough
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Piness rs his compeer does OF honey
"A bee among the flowers IN SPRING says Paley "is
one OF the eheeuest objects that be looked upon. It,
ne appears 10 oe all enjoyment so busy and pleased
The drone may be known by the noise he makes
Hence his name. lie has been the but OF all who have
ever written about bees, and is indeed by-word all the
world over No iail to hit Oft his character lie
Is the "azy yawnng drone" OF Shakespeare. The
~ImHluni>que s,den, aleua ad pabua nleus"
OF Virgil. The drUne" Butler, gross singles
bee, that spendeth his Cuitony and ideness For
\ hONSOeYeT he brave sgi3s
gown, his full paunch and his loud voice. he but an
Idle companion living BY the OF others brows. He
wokth not at all either home abroad and spendeh
as much as two abores shall mud his with
ouia good drop OF the pures In the heat Of the
day he ieh abroad aioit, and about, and that with
small noise though he would do some great ac but II
Is only for ms pleasure and get him stomach and then
/ returns he presently 20 his cheer.
! 1t has been often discussed whether country can be
oyers0cked with bees; believe this quite certain
that It may be oyerpeoped and oyermanufacured. But
that this Is yet the with regard Britain as far
at least as bees concerned, feel equally sure
course IL IS Impossible 10 ascertain what number OF
sufficient for the support single hive so much depend
ing the and the OF the herbaqe but never
te!es, IN Bavaria only certain number OF hives allowed
10 be kept and these must be brought establishment
under the charge OF skiu aparian each station being
four miles apart and containing $50 hives This central.
izaton and redapery with vengeance! story told
mat IN village IN Germany where the number Of hives
kept regulated by law bad season had nevehe ess
proved that the place oyrstocked from the great weak
ness OF all the stalls in the ueghborhood There was hut
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was generally down being wiser than his neigh
bos and this perhaps all the more because he was very
observant OF the habits OF his little friends well
careful IN harvesting as much honey he could
But how came his hive prosper when all the rest
were falling or His cottage was no nearer the pas
iuTe lie certainly must have bewitched his neghbors'
hives, or made mo canny" bargain for his own Many were
the whisPerngs aud great the suspicious that good would
come Of the gafcrs honey thus mys,erously obtaned-
The old man bore all these sumises patiently; the honey
harvest came round and when he had stored away Just dOu-
bic what any OF the had saved he called his friends
and neighbor together took them into his garden and said
lt You had been more charitable in your opinions would
have todyou my secret before This only itchcraf
have used acd he pointed the inclination Of his hives
one degree more 10 the than generally adopted
The courauon was cleared up the upon his
Vs an hour or two sooner by tins movement and his bees
were up and stirring, and had secured large share OF the
mornings honey before his neghbOrs bees had reused them
selves Tor the day Mr. Cotton who gives the outline othe
story we nave veniured 10 m up, quotes the proyeb
"eary birds pick up worms and draws the praucal
moral, IN which heartily concur that your bedroom
window should always, If possible, face the east
In an arabic country with little land and good
farming very few stocks be supported; and tins has led
some enthusiastic bee regret the advance OF ag
culture and the consequent decrease of wild owers-or
weeds, according to the eye that ihcm-and the en-
closure OF wastes and Even a VEN short dis
lance will make great difference the amount OF honey
collected We know OF an instance, where bee.keeper
al Oashalton, IN surrey, from the fighting
bees and other signs that there pasturage enough
Iu the Immediate neigborhood conveyed away one Of his
highest and most worthless hives and hid IL n the Wood
u
Fortunately lay there undiscovered and on removing II
home, he found att had become one OF his heaviest hives
We mention thsas coming under our own
because late writer, who has shown ratcra
uon in his attacks Mr. COttOn's SYSTEM 10 question
notony the advantage buthc praccabty transpors
uonoi hives altogether Buhc iactis that n the north oil Eng
land and IN Scotland where there large tracts Of heather
land apart from any habinuon, nothing Is more common
than for the beemasers the towns and villages IN sub
NIT their hives during the honey season. 10 the care Of
the shepherd Of the district. about xix miles from Edn
burg says Dr. Beyan, Eat the foot Of Of the Penand
NILS stands Logan House. supposed be the residence Of
Or William Worthy, celebrated BY Allan Ramsay in his
Ienue Shepherd The house present occupied by
shepherd, who about the beginning Of August receives
about hundred bee hives from his neiglbDrs resident m
yond the bills, thlt the bees may gather honey from the
luSunant blossoms Of the mountain heather" Mr Cot.
ton saw man n Germany who had 300 stocks which he
managed 10 keep oil rich, by changing their places as soon
as the honey varied. Sometimes ho sends them
% the meadows, sometimes the hills" lie also speaks
OF It's being no uncommon sight in Switzerland. 10 SEQ man
Journeying with o beehive lt his back
Gate POss aade0nieafof COrn often want
i0knOw how much ey have their e or
how much grain they may have their grnnares To do
this, they have only 10 level the grain on the to multiply the
length Of the crib or bn by width and this again by it.
depth 10 feet and iucbes. This will give the content i Gu
bic, or solid feet Now there ore 12s cubic inches n
foot and 2,lJOn bushe perceive that r takes lust D.
bout ,' cubic feet make four bushels From the number