Arkansas democratic banner., 1851-08-12
BRRS

Ia regard te she mode of putttur bees into q new hive there are different practices tn different Rarts Of the country, and some of them seem to US very odd.
 We hear of cutting olf the limb of a tree and aying i; on the grouut for the bees to vat there hli tAe hive comes. 10 shake bG the bees on 10 the ground with sudden shake and place the hive over them--then throw a sheet over the hive and spslnkfe the sheet with wateE--eKceedinaiy awkward modes of proceeding when bees light 90 low that they may be reached. and impFactscable nodes m case they sre ou; of reach.
 There are cases met with which defy the art of the bee keeper Some sw arms are detrfnnned Co go of; but generally there Is no difficulty n hising a new swarm provided common sense and com mon prudence are exercised. We have hardly ever had any difficulty, iH practice of fifty yeaFSs tn securing new swanus when they heht on limbs not more than dozen feet high. And they very seldom 70 50 high that when there are nnusr ons peach trees, apple fees any others that are usually found in eur gardens
 Our practice for very many years has been to place table or some other platform under the bees, and set the hive on the table, right side up. IL s very awkward business, to say the least, to hold up the mouth of the have yoa would to catch haii CT ran And fl k equally ahsurh to rap ths bush jar the bees in the least til the hive IS all ready for them tn crawl into.-- They never fly into 8 new. hive-they crawl m.
 When we have set onr hive on the platform we raise ii just high enough for the bees to go under placing bits of board an inch square under the corners. Next we take a pole long enough to reach the iiEnb which the bees lest and rap the hnlh hard enough to shake the bees oif. We aim to have the main body of them fall on one side of the hive, and there we leave them 10 find fheiT own way up into the hive. If they incline Co gather agan on the lnnb we give il aHothNr rap or two and clear 1t.
 Now by taking this course we are more sure of securing the swarm than we should be by scatter ing the bees on the grass ground and trusting to the placing of hive oveg them before they could have tune to hy away. By taking this method we run no risk m beng stlng, and arc in no need of mlttens veii over the fare. Not bee IS crushed and no ii will is engeadeged. A woman could a swarm n this way without the least danger of being stung of giving offence to the bees
 Every one who keeps bees should have low trees or bushes handy for them light on. and in forty. nlne out of fifty cases bees will prefer tke green bnsh to any piece ot board that may be set trap for them.
 Bee houses arc greas moth ndeed---they are protectors ot moths and not of bees. A Acommou hive gves shelter to all withln--and, as moths are outsiders and entitled to no protection. no house should shelter them. Lei the hives stand on se- pafate posts and let the winds whistle and drivu away all enemes lhst have no right to shelter.
 We caa think 0f no improvement that has been made In the management of hees for thirty years past unless except the practice of placing boxes m the upper end of the hive, or on the outside, so as to take away portion of the honey when there is prospect that Inc bees viii not want 1t. RHrai New Yerksr.