Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1858-04-17

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themselves. This is done in a peculiar
manner, if we have not misinterprcted their
antics Holding on the comb with its fore
feet, it shakes itself violently, and repeat
'edly crowding away those that hinder its
movements. AS one comes to accept the
offer, the two join probosccs, and the honey
passes from one to the other In the same
way also they feed the mother-boc; but if
the honey be not wanted for immediate use,
ut is poured Into the cells provided for it. :,
Thus all the honey which we find in the
hive, is brought in a few drops at time,
n'th6 stomach, or more properly in the
honey bag of the bee butpe .n,H sI,,1y
'"Many little mokos a micklc.''-.l Z.
and we surely oughtmotto despise the ne
sults, 1t'is not likely that any change ia
effected IN the honey after. it is' collected
from the flower, except that it becomes
thickened by evaporation. i, Buek-wheat
honeyis one thing In favor, ,,coler and,slncn, !,
and white cloYcf honey is2quito another.
thing. And as for the feeding mixtures
which some people administering theirhecs,
weswin only say they will gctno bctter.tlian
they give. liz they give .niolasscs, they get
nolasses in the comb and If they give,
West India honey, they viii get the apple.
blossom honey IN return. - -, 80 q. 80 )
During the days when the honey harvest
is abundant, the hises:ihcrease ;rapidlysin.
weight, and sometimes all the profit of the
entire year is madein tho course of two or
threeweeks, n Indeed the work accomplish.
cd in q foSs favorable days isalmost inerod
ible erssr,3E, i, a5t - ot .-r,
HOW MUcIr HONEY DOES. A ssw ARM MAKE?
( We, have before us, In the b, ,.BjclcB ,5Zet;-
t,t,tg;i for, 1856, apaecurate and extended
statcmentsoff daily observations made. in
Germany three years ago. a ,mantook the
trouble to weigh one of his hives twice "a
day before the bees left in the morning,
and after their return atnight, and thus he
determined the daily..increaso = Of weight.
and the l'ss stnight,by consumption and
evaporation The DISSERTATIONS were coma
timed from the 9th of May to the ,2nd Of.
Ia ugusti a period of 81 days, Some. gen
eralideasef the whole ney be,forlned from
the following itemsswhichr win repay the
reader. ~ ~ " - ''V .tt, '-'9ye'H 'at1e'
{ gTh@ hiFe, bees. comb, honey brood &c;
weighed ION the 9th of May, Ga pounds;
and afterlosing two swarns, of seven aud
FIVE pounds ssrcspectNe itsweight, ON the
2nd of August, was 1901 pounds. This
does not show all that the bees accomplish
ed, for the gathering of the honey ceased
almost entirely ON the 2T th of Jney give
days before thesdeparture ~ofs tl,a second
lswarm, at which, time, the entire woight
was 148 pounds, showing anincreasc, 10
pounds IN 81 days. Fhework of'eaeh day
Is infinitely recorded, 4 ~ - y S.2'y = y
, J., From the 28th of. Juno to the 21st of
July no day showed an increase Of, weight
exeept,the 1lth and 18th, when 4 and of
a pound were brought In; and the remain
der of the term added only 3. pounds.
In May the Rape was in bloom, and the
trees, especially of the forest; aud the, 17th,
the day of such a large Increase, il, ,describ-
|, ed as a sultry- day, the Rape being In full
bloont tits. remarkable that the following
day nothing Was collected From the MIDI
/ die Of June, the Esparcct was said to be'in
full flower. 80 80. FFi-f> 9i' -
We see no reason to distrust' tie accura2
oy Of this record, and weshould4tke to have
similar observations made inithis7 country.
TheGesultsare affected by many matters
easily aTheincrcaseo Of weight,
for oxahfple, is not, from the accWaulqtion
|. E.ofbohey ,alone,5 butefronnt the bee-bread,
andffum the growth Of the, brood5 aud yet
the hitter item wouldb agaduany oporat-
( ing, andlwould not explain Dlargc hin-
crease Of the most prosperous days. The
3coGihulation Of honey must be, influenced
| also BY the distance, OF the pasture ground
from the hive sand thestime sTe6uiTed for
thejoufheys 'tlAndof course thcleonsusnp4
tisl,at night lnpst,b be far greatcrini ag%hjge
wieGe new comb Is 10 be made tRan in % ono !
| Where's there IS p full supply Of empty. cells,
ghisstabiig,aa sssbows that ifthe owner had
desired todcstroy hissbeesby sulphar;t he
Would have gained by taking UP thes@drni
90 the 28tt of june, without waiting for il
to conspne,the honey after the supplies
failsdiasthefeld.s ksla ,gsesSs,,s = b ~, 4
| ssAhd while speaIsing OF the consumption
OF honey We may as web cite, other facts.
WGhaYe said above that III 9 stock 81 i,oSen
/ og lost 20 & pounds = Including an after
s@arnE OF, fya popnds) skatweenStsree 2 eth
andtlkug5ist Cd InsthGnext twoweeks oi
august il lost III @eigh n poplitls. \ .s' i.
q i'm iSeY' & sc fnd other expert,
taents sst0clEg that WEIGHED on tle, Cd
oftNoyepfber % pounds9 ounces, had lost,
February 29tS ll 8 days after, s pounds
z ounces, 4g abcnt 4 Of IiEl ottnce Dali 90
This is ,at the IA of d pound in three weeks
during the winters when there isa less ectlyr
ity aud aess4o of consnmptien thar In. the
Ssaffaci seasons ef the year Mach. h0wy
Aver ends on tIfct5 hStftftber Of the bees.