Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1851-08-19
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I Bees.

al tbs year written Oh the subject
Of bees Ii some years the >Agri-
caltural papers abound in advice a.
bout the forms of new patent hives
hnd the modes Of hifrmg new swarms.
It may be that the public have had
enough advice Of this kind and that
they arc tired Of hives two or three
stories high, or Of keeping the insects
in the chambers Of a dwelling house.
After seeing as many patent beet
hives as We Could desire and buying
as many as we had money to pay for,
I'VE are obliged tolY confess that we
have never derived any benefit from
them + They have only proved a bill
of cost, unless we may count on the
value .of the experience We have
gained by being cheated.
In Tegard to the mode Of putting
bees into new hive, there are diff
Iferent practices in different parts Of
the country, and some Of them seem
to US very odd.
We hear Of cutting off the Hmb Of
a ire and laying it on the ground
for the bees to wait there till the
hive comes, or to- shake the bees Of
with sudden Stake en- the ground
and place the hive oyer them-then
throw a sheet over the hive and
sprinkle the sheet with water lex
ceedingly awkward modes of pro-
ceetliag when bees light 50 low that
they may be reached, and impracti.
cable modes In case they are out O
reach.
There are eases met with which
defy the art Of the bee keeper
Some swagms are determined to g
off; but generally, there is no diff
Guilty in-4living a new swarm provid
ed common sense and common pru
dence are exercised. We have hard
ly ever had any difficulty in prac.
tice Of fifty years, in securing neV
swarms when they light en- limbs no
more than a dozen feet high. AnC
they very seldom go so high at t4a
when there are numerous peach trf
apple trees. or any others that hr
usually found in our gardens.
Our practice for very many We r
hd / been to place q table or SO m
other platform under the bees, N
Eset the new hive on tie table, RICH
sid lie up. tits very wkvard bushes
tol say the least, to hold up tn
mbutlrof the hive as you would t
ca Itch hail or rain. And it IS equal
absurd to rap the bush Or jar th
bees in tbe|lea$t till The hive is read
Tor them to crawl into. They neye
as into new tive-they crawl in.
When we have set our hive on til
platform We raise ii just high enoug
fol- the bees to 60 under: placing BIT
of board al inch square under III
cpHners. Next we take pole lon
enpugh. to reach the limb on who
thb Sees rest and rap the limb bar
erIough to shake the bees off w
aim TO have the main body Of thel
Eiil On one Side Of the hive, and ther
va leave them to. find their way u
inE o the hive. If they incline t
ed the. again on the limb we give
another rap or two and clear it.
Now by taking this course we al
mi re sure Of securing the swarm tina
We should be by scattering the bee
lori the grass and trusting to the. pla(
ink of hive lover them before the
cohld have time to 1y away. B
ia king this method we run no ris
odbeing stung. and are in no need
mittens or a veil over the face
81 ta be e is crushed and no i'll will
cdgenddred. A woman could secul
a swarm in this wa y without the leas
ddnger of being stung or Of giyin
.odenceto the bees.
Every one who keeps bees shout
lhdve low trees or bushes handy fc
tHem 10 liqht on. and in forty-nii
out of fifty cases bees will prefer Il
gdeen bush to an y piece Of boar
Hat may be set as a trap for them.
bee houses are a great moth il
.dded--they are protectors of mott
and not Of bees. A common hiV
gives shelter to all wi thin-and {
mbths are outsiders and entitled
nd protection, no house should she
set them. Let the hives stand o
Sc arate posts and let the vino
whistle and drive away all the ent
mi les that have no right to shelter,
We can think Of no improvement
tn t has been made in the manage
me nt of bees for thirty years pas
an less we. except the practice of pla
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