Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1851-11-11
VOL. 3. NO. 81.
BEES.


I J13 Ddlm 1BEES. iaoa le.s
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we have not seen so much as usual lhi
4 year written on the subject Of bees. In som,
years tho agticnIurur pupers pbound in ad
vice about thecnew patent hives, aud tht
aodes qI hiYing new swarus. f l s
llmay be thar The public have had enough
pdvice Of l6is Kind aud tho, they are .irod O.
hives two OR lhrec stories high, or Of keep
ling the insects IN the chambers of dwell.
ling house What has become OF all The
d0clrine about taking all the honey from .,he
hive and feeding The bees on slops through
The yinle3 a.a. 10
WhoJ use are the chambers now pal 10
that were once the dwellings, OF millions of
bees2 Whatlis now tbe yaluenf Bec.houses
that will hold hall, a dozen. swarins. aud pro.
ftoci tho bee mOlh more e1sctually j ihansih
beeR- M
szilter seeing as many palenl bee.Ilives as
VIC could desire, and btyIng as many as We
had money 10 pay for, we are Obliged lo
confess we have never derived lie least
benefit from. Them, They have only proved
a bill of cost, unless we may counl % III.
value Of the experience W. have gained by
being cheated. .'t E'F'
In regard 10 the mode Of putting bees into
a new hive there are different PRACTICES in
different paris Of the country, and some of
them seem TO us very odd. ~
We hearol cHling Of lhchimb of a tree
and laying il on the ground for the bees 20
wal! there ill the hive comes, or 10 shake off
The bees On TO the ground with sudd.al
shake and place the hive over, lheDuzey4ien
throw sheer over the hive and .sEflnltle the
sheet with waier-exccedia4l tsowAwurd
modes of proceeding whef Is lighl 50 low
that they may be ffached, and Impractical.
BILE modes in cAssfthey are out Of reach.
There lxschscs met with which defy the
art oCaE bee keeper. Some swarms ar9
defeFmincd 10 60 off; bul generally there is
mo difficulty in hiyiug new swarm proyi.
ded common sense and common prudence
are exercised. a#
We have hardly ever had any difficulty
in practice of fifty years, in securing new
swarlns when they light on limbs no. more
than dozen feet high. '' 81"
And they very seldom g high as thai
when there are numerous peach trees, apple
trees or any others that usually are lounI in
ourg gardens. .crgsiy 'a elIsg0'g 7.u hhd-
Our practice lormany years has been II
place a table, or some olhcr platform under
The bees, and sci the new hive on the table,
right side up 1t is a very awkward busi.
ness, 10 say The least, 10 hold up the mouth
of the hive as you would to catch hail or
rain. And il is equally absurd 10 rap tho
bush, ,.or, jiag the bees nihe luasltElrthG hive
is all ready for them 10 crawl inlo. They
never fly into now. hive---lhey crawl in.
When we have sci our hive on th1 plat
form we raise it just high enough for The
bees to go under. placing bis of board an
inch square under the corners. Next we
take long pole long enough TO reach the
limb on which the bees rest and rap the
limb hard enough TO shake The bees off.
We aim to have the main body OF them
fall on one side Of the hive, and there
we leave them 10 find their own way up into
The hive. If they incline TO gather again
on the limb we give il another rap or TWO
and clear it,
+ Now by taking this course we are more
sure Of securidg the swarm than we should
be by scattering the bees on the grass or
ground and trusting TO the placing OF hive
over thom before they could have time to
fly away,
Ey taking this molhod we run no risk of
being slung, and are Of no need Of nntens
or veil over the face. MOI bee is crush
ed and no i'll will is engendorad, Awoman
could secure a swarm in this way without
the least danger Of being stung, or OF giving
offence 10 the bees
Every one who keeps bees should have
low trees or bushes handy for them 10 light
on, and ia forly.nine out Of fifty cases bees
will prefer the green bush to any piece of
board that may be sci as trap for them.
Bee houses are a great moth indcod-lhey
are protectors Of moths aud no, of bees. A
common hive gives shelter 10 all within
and as molhs arc outsiders and entitled 10
no projections, no house should shelter them
Let the hives stand on separate posts and let
The winds whistle and drive away all ene.
mics that have no ,rieh, 10 shcEer.g .yg.
We can think Of no improyomo nj thai
has been made in the management of been
for thirty years past unless we except the
practice Of placing boxes in The upper end
OF the hive, or on the outside, so as 10 take
away portion of the honey when there is
prospect lhalthe bees will not want it.
All the learning about queen bees and
he boes aad he beas may as well be kept in
the books as 10 bo displayed where ii is
doubted, and where it can be Of no use.
We We're amused the other day onroad.
ing a very circumsianlial account of chase
after bees, in ar. article giving directions
how to follow them when they 80 Off the
writer chased the bees into the woods, uphill
and down, lost sight Of them once, and re.
newed the chase and 10 conclude, he said
he asver found the bees.
ASTONISHING FEcUNDlTY,-The Alexon
dria Gazette says;
In Schuylkill county, Pennsylvania, there
died last year man named Michael Dress
aged forty, who was The father of twenty
one children by his wife Ka,e Dress, aget