Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1843-06-24

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The q masses ~ofeYery hive consist Of two
kinds Of berg, the workers and the drones.
Tho fret are undeveloped females, the secopd
aFa the males. over these presid6s the
mother Of The hive, the durBu-tHH. The
numbers If workers In strong hives IL about
10000, aud Of drunes, about one 10 ten oi
these. This proportion, though seldom exact,
is never very much exceeded or fallgn short
of A single family where Fwarining Is pre-
vented, will sometimes amount, according to
nr. Bevau. TO 10000 or 10000 In their
wild state, If we may credit The quantity OF
honey said to be toupdi they must sometimes
greatly exceed this number.
j" Sweet Ii the hutn Of bees,' says Lord
f,yron and those who hive listened to this
music 10 It's full luxury, stretched Upon sone
sunny bed Of heather, where the perfume Of
The crushed thyme struggled with tho faint
smell If tta brackdn. can scarcely cave failed
10 watch the little busy musician.
With hohey'd thigh,
That al her foW'ry work doth sing"
loo we'll 10 require q heightened description
Of her; how she fsts from flower TO flower,
with tanritiots falcy, not axliAtstirg the
sweets Of any ohe spot, but, on the principle
If !. live and LET liva.n taking something for
herself. and leaving as much OF moro for the
neKt conner. passing by. tlie jasf-openihg and
faded flowers, and aeign ing to notice not 6fin
out If five Tint are full-blpwn, combining
tl,a philosophy Of The epicurean and eclectic !,
or atill mere like some fastidiutis noble, on
The grand tour, viii, all The world before bin,
h%lirfyih9 OH in restless haste ftotn place to
place, skirnrtiug over the surface Or tasting
ibe sweets Of society, carrying of souis me-
nente from every spot he has lit upon, and
vet leaving plenty to be cleaned by tho next
traveller, dawdlihg IN one place tn knows
not why. whisEing by another Which would
have empty repaid his stay, and still pressing
ottwatds as If in search Of something, no
huaws what--thniiah he too often fails 10.
carry home the same proportion OF Happiness
Ms his eompeer does Of honey.
A bee among tho flowofH In springs" says
paley, q ii one If The cbeetfifest objects That
can be locked upon. It's Life hppeard to be all
enjoyment. so busy and 50 pteased."
The drotia may be known by the noise he
makes. Hence his name. lie has been the
butt of all who have ever written about tees,
and is indeed d bysWord all tbe world over.
No ore can fail 10 Hit of lis character. lie
is Tho Clay yawuing drone'' Of Shakespeare.
The
'~Immmunis1uB sedens aliena nd pubula
%ftiens,'
NJ Virgil. "T'he droie,'' says Butler, Il IL n
%sfinr1eFs tnn, that Hpendat, hjs time In p1t.t-
tony and i~dleness. For, lowsoever he brave
It with his round velvet cap, his. eide gown.
his full paunch, and bis loitd voice, yet Is he
but an idle Companion, living by the HWeat Of
others broWs. He workBtb not Mt al either
at home Of abroad, and yet sptndeth. ms much
Hs two laborers , yoii shall never find his NAV
without 4 good drop Of the ptlrsst nectar. In
the heat Of The day be flieth abroad, aloft, and
about and that with ne small n6lse, Hs though
lie Would DO some great act but il Ia only
for his pleasure, and to pct him i stomach,
and Then returns he presently to his cheer
II Inns been often discussed whether n tonn-
try can be oyerstocked with bees we believe
this in quite as certain as that il in1y be- over
rebpled and oveftnanttfacttr Cd. But that.
this Is not yet The case with fegard 10 Britain,
as far Of least rs bros are concerned, va feel
a1lhlly sure. Offourse il il impossible to
ascertain what ntitnber Of aeres Is sufficient
for The support Of 4 single hive, So much de-
on The season and the nature Of tho
heritage but, nevertheless. IN ~t,ayaria only
n certain number Of hives Is allowed 10 be
and these tnttst be brought 10 an estab-
l%ishtnsnt under The charge Of d skitftil apiari
m, enrh station being four miles apart, and
containing 100 hives. This is Capitalization
md rod -tafafy with ii vengeance A story
l. told. that in q village IN Germany, where
he NUMBER of hives kept was regulated BY
Inv, q b4d ssason had nevertheless proved
the place was eyerstorked from tho great
.snn L. nrr, nF all It, A{h1ta IA. al. ..A.xiI..l4aI
There was but one exception. This epas The
Of an oil man, who was generally set
10 being no wiser than hia neighborF; and this
Al tho more. because he was very
,tservaht Of The habits Of his little friends, Ms
veil MS careful in harvesting as much honey
~ he could. But how came his hive 10 pros
'ef whom MI The rest wefe falling OFT His
was no nearertbe pasture. lie certain
Y must have fewltchod bis neighl ors' hives, or
made mo eattny," bargain for his own. Many
the~ whisperings and great tho ettsrf.
ions that no good wouldeo Of the eafler'R
thus mysteriously obtained. Tho old
nan bore all these surmiess patiently the
harvest eatns round, md when he. had
torod away just double what any Of The rest
lad saved, hs called bis friends and ueighbora
took them into his garden and said
If you had been more charitable In your
| would have told you my secret be-
1re. This is the only witeheraft | have used',
nd he pointed 10 the inclination Of his hives
=ete degree more 10 the east than was gen
rally adopted The COMPUTATION was soon
leared up tho sun came upon his hives an
our or two sooner by this movement, and bis
ees were up and stirring, and had secured a
lrge share Of tho mornings honey, before
Is llcighbors' bees had reused themselves for
ne day. Mr.. Cotton, who gives the outline
f the story which we. have ventursd TO. I'll
p, quotes tho proyerb that " early birds pick
p most worms and draws the practical
loral, in which we heartily concur, that
bedroom window should always, If POS.
bic, face tho east.
In an arabic country, with little waste land
nd good farming, very few stocks can be sup
orfed and this has led some enthusiastic
ee-masters TO regret tic advancement Of A.
rictlture, and The consequent decrease Of wild
owers--or weeds, according to tho rye that
them-and the enclosing oil Wastes and [
Even a very short distance will {
axe Il great difference in the amount Of ho- ,
ey collected. We know Of an instance, ,
here a bee.keeper at Carghalton, in Surrey, :
,specting, from the fighting Of his bees and I
Ger signs, that there was not pasturage {
Rough in the immediate neighb0rheod, con- l
Eyed away one Of his Iighfcst and most d
hives, and bid il in the Woodman-
erne firzea, a distance Of about a mile and /
hall. Fortunately itlay there undiscovered, 4
I'd on removing it home, he found that it had :
one Of the heaviest hives. We men )
this as q case coming under our owl I
lowledge, because a late writer who has =
own rather a waspish disposition in his at a
cks on Mr.. Cotton's. system, seems to ques- Il
N only the advantage, but the practicability.t