New-York daily tribune., 1858-08-17

man to 10y down under the bulge and be vel sheltered
from q shower.
10 building Yicks, or lcpg stacks, the came rale s 20
form she uld govern the builder a. in building around
stacks, 70 that looking a. the end should see TIE
isme esg.shspe; and in building rcks or stacks CT
sheaves, the secret Of is keeping the middle
full, that the bu.s Of al he shesves are third
lower than tke tops. Such stack vii always shed
rsr.
There is no doubt that hay or grain usy be pu. up
in stack much greener than in barr, with perfect
safety ard IL we make hollow stack, ss is sometmes
done il EDgaLd by setting up four poles, three feet
apart st bottom ard joined g. top could stsek our
hoy as soon sc il was what consider hsf-eued
This courtIy a. general thirg, has good deal yet
TO learn Of the art end economic value Of stacking ray
snd grain.
BEES AND BEE-HoUsEs.-There is no fact tina. We
have printed print that s more fact than this
The less farmer bothers bimfef with pstent hives and
bee psacee ard the less he tries to counterect nature
in the msnsge of hs bees the better he will be
of AL bee-houses, where bees are expected 10 live
in OF large family are ust coish IN principle az il
would be to expect city Of ten thousand men TO live
bermoniously with one womsD, and we don't know OF
patent beehive that should not be clsssed with the
"psent safe any other patent contrvance for get
ting mo; ey out Of the pockets OF humbugged public
The stts. Of these patent gulsps is offered as the
recent invention of the family Of writers on " bee
keeping" for which the public asked 10 pay him
more than the public will profit by his patent,
which may be for hive in form, but old in prn
ciple which is to have the comb all fastened in NOV
able frsmes lying together Ike the leaves Of book,
or ike the books 10 a case aud each one movable
without disturbing the other leaves of comb. This
same plan was publicly recommended long years ago
in THE Albany Cuh'rator, as something new; but the
writer aiteiward discovered that il old thing in
England and Of course, it is not worthy Of pa'ent
now and the psteDtee not worthy Of compensation ss
the inventor even if il proves good thpg, which is
yet to be proved. Until is fully proved to be worthy
of Introduction not only into large prsIes but upon
every fam, shall continue to rank II WITH al the
patent beehive family.
1t may be laid down sn almost iucontrovertibe
fact that the simply bee-hves are constructed,
the better they will sa.itfy their tenants. The largest
ard most successful beekeepers in this country among
which we instance NJ. Quinby in this State, Judge
Fisbbsck in Ohio and w. r. Todd, in Indiana, find
the simply that s the more naturally, they treat
their bees, the more successful they are.
Probably the best form Of bee. hive that can be
coptiived is made Of boards, cut to give clear
space inside to receive one box one foot square IN
the clear space interior Of it, and two boxes Of one
fourth each Of the dimensions of the above, that
IT, SIX inches wide, six inches high, twelve inches
long. TIE case to contain these boxes we would
make Just ike little chest, tight aud strong OF rough
boards, with lock ard hinges on the lid. Set this
on erd and fit in the boxes TO Glide as neatly as the
drawers of cabinet taking that there If no, an
ioa of vacant space anywhere big enough for small
ant TO crawl in. OF the stuii mus, be steam
seasoned or kiln dried in the most perfect manner ani
the end Of the boxes next to the door should De OF sou
elsss, and if the under side is not left open II
must be made movable, so as to open easily
to get the swarm aud honey out. When the
boxes put in the case, bore Blk holes about three
eehihs.inch diameter into the lower part ofthe large
box for the bees to enter, and place lighting ooaId
lust even with the holes Bore two-nch hole INTO tue
upper part of the large box and cover on the inside
of the box and en- the outside of the case with wire
gauze fine enough to keep out ants aud other insects
for ventilation Bore inch holes through into both o.
the upper boxes and in the way, and bore
four inch sized hoes from the lower to each OF the
upper boxes for passages for the bees. We prefer TO
place these holes in each of the upper boxes ou
that is not very important. When the swarm s hrs,
pu. p these holes must be closed by tin slides or by
sing the boxes, TO prevent the bees from makog
their breeding in them. After the lower box lie
nearly full then open the passages 10 the upper boxes
and the bee pasture good the workers will soon h
them with lorey, when thfy may be removed and
empty ones Inserted AT any time all the OF Tatons of
the bees cen be witnessed by opening the of the
case without disturbing the bees or being disturbed by
them.
great deal tas been said shout the necessity, on
account Of ventilation of making hives open at the bot
tom In reply to ths let men think that bees in Wild
ttate prosper well in the hollow of tree where there
but email hole for entrance OF the bees or venti-
lstion. and that opep-end hives, standing bench,
are often cemented fast to it, and sometimes holes left,
az we have directed for ventilation sealed up az
closely as though air poison to the inmates OF the
hive.
HIyISG BEES We have lately read very sensible
plan for biving swarm Of bees. Watching them as
they came from the hive and seeing where they were
gathering TO settle on tree, the owner put large
woolen am stocking pole ard thrust it up through
the limbs, and immediately the bees began to sisht
upon il and were coon all clustered, when he gently
lowered the pole to table which the good wife had
prepared while lie held the swarm, and then placing
the hive over the bees, the pole was withdrawn from
the stocking and in five minutes they went to werk
cleaning cut their new house.
The rext day, the woman folks hived swarm in
the same way without any man to assst.
ORcHARD.GRAss The grass known in ths country
orchard grass and in England cocksfoot, is the
Dsctylus glomersts most excellent kind for grazing
growing most common in New-Epgland, NewYork
Penpsylvaris and Ohio, and less common in most Of
the ether grsssgrowipg Ststes Wesay grass growing
Siaes fer strictly speaking the cotton States are not
so, notwithstanding she planters are always grumbing