The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1848-09-23
AGRICULTURAL.

HoNEY bEEs.-Certain persons in this coun-
try are making money BY producing artificial
swarms Of bees al one dollar for each swarm
Prodaesd. They attempt TO veil the subject in
mystery.
Was the process a discovery Of any Of these
persons, We would say 90 ahead gsntlemen-dO
what you can and make what you can by your
discovery and genius. But IL is q species Of
"BOek Farming" which they have learned
from Books, and thereby il IS nOt-shOuld
nOt--and shall not be used a recent Valas-
bic discovery II We can make the matter under
stood
Artificial Ss1TBliag, consists merely in tax
ing a piece Of comb containing young bees
about three days Old-6xing this comb in a clean
hive and then collecting by means Of quill OF
brush and saucer, At least one-half Of the bees
belonging 20 the hive from which the comb was
taken and placing them in the hive containing
the newly cut comb. This IS all that Is Reees-
sary 10 produce q good active swarm OF bees,
which will do as well at last those left be
hind. Some pretend that particular kind Of
comb sh0aId and must be tsken for this purpose,
for instance, comb eontainingyOyal cells. IL Is
mere pretence; any comb containing bees Of
the age above mentioned will do
ANOTHER PRocEss.-Take the Queen Bee
and secure her-thsn drive more than half the
Bees in the hive into another hve-remOvs IA
some distance and then put the Queen in, or IL
less than half are taken, remove the old hive to
some other place and let the new one occupy
the place Of the old one, 80 that the absent work
ers, as they return from their lab0rs may recOg
Mise their old Queen and remain with her
Morning. (OhiO) CATOaiele-
KKKr CLEAN GAKDkNs-It Is rather too com
mon for people 10 allow weeds TO grow up to-
ward the close Of the season, and particularly
on plots where early crops have been gathered
This Is decidedly bad economy, 10 say The least
W ssds are at all times unsghtly, besides they
exhaust the ground Of its riches. and SOW Il with
seeds that viii require much labor to sabdus
next season.
CLKAS CULTURE, az all seasons = truly eco
nomical. There are few families who have not
children, who should be Taught industry and
nsatness about the garden, and should be daily
engaged more or less, in cleaning of weeds,
dead flower stems, decaying vegetables, fallen
fruit, and everything unsightly- Weeds thrown
In q heap, mixed with manure and earth, make
an excellent compost for the production Of fs-
turs crOps.-Gessses Fnm~T.
GR.rrIxe THE GoosEnERRF On THE YKLLOw
FLowEzlNG CuRsASr.-MT. EdifoT: I shall
here give You my mode Of training the Goose
berry, to avoid the effects Of the mildsx, about
which there is 30 much written My mode %
to r-aft them on the Yellow Towering Currant.
which Is 90 plenty In some gardens. and might
be put TO very profitable use In the line Of eal-
tlvating this fine fruit, by which means raise
them as perfect a. fruit can be, and even in very
unfayorable situations To eonshcs myself Of
the good effects Of this mode Of culture. tried
a variety that was altogether abandoned in this
section, on account OF the mildsw, and can now
show a stock Of that variety eight feet in height,
which Is yearly bending with lts large crop Of
perfect fruit Yours, Sc, s.ll
Carlisls, Pa, July, ls4s. -.
This 10 quite new 20 rs; We must give u
trial, and We would advise others 10 do the
sasne.-G<assss Fsun<T.
ZISc PAss.--It was recommended BY Mr. >
Williams, at tbs last nesting Of the Phiisdei-
phia Society for Promoting Agricultnre, that
zine pans be used for diaries, possessing a. they
do, the power % preserving ths nilk In sweet
or pure state. mach longer than any pans ased-
DR.. Hare remarked that great care would os ne
csssary to keep them PsrfsctIy clssn, or the
milk and butter might - nhwAots.osnel ne
thought 10 probabls thai sHnn h<ck Of zinc,
placed in tin pan, might pretncs TIE snns 81
feet on the milk by prsvsntLag itEstfing sour
too soon-Genssee Farme-