Arkansas true Democrat., 1858-05-04

1 Our knowledge of this little insect and of it's various advantages is generally very superficial and limited. So, for instance but few know that the bees by transferring the pollen il crease l the production of fruits to To iucolsiderab'e de- | gree. The pain of the sting and the sweetness of the honey, is nearly all that is known about the bees But to the assduous observer and
 lover of bees, is neither the sting serious impe- 1 dment nor the sweetness of honey, however | well appreciated. the only enjoyment The 1 study oi their admirable economy, already ad- vanced to the dignity of science affords mex | hauStibie sources of truly gratifying enjoyment. This branch of husbandry, rightly called the ! poesy of agrlcu lure, requires neither land uor capital and amply repavS for the invested time and labor Honey, 50 useful for preserves and vinegar, and wax for the anulacture of candles, should be in every family. At all ages apd times has the care and cultivation of bees been the object of legislative protection and eucour asemeut. Virgil, the Roman bard, praised the beauties of raising of bees in his rural songs, the | ''Grorsica" The cultivation of bees seems to be almost wholly neglected in the United States The obect of this article is to call attention to this useful branch of husbandry ald to secure to
 1t a due appreclation of it's value.
 ! About 10 years ago larson Dlerzon all inge nous beemaster first introduced nnov ation,, | pronounced new theories and established new modes of treatment and management. He es- tabled for Instance that the queenbee during 1 the best season lays daily 5000 eggs and lives nevertheless 5-7 years, ten times tue life of WOrkbee. She lays, therefore, about , millions ot eggs which she pastes into the cells thusr of | the drones into the large cells and those of the work bees into the small ones. She alone lays all the eggs in the hive and one population sui fees for her lifetime. The practical advantages of his treatment and management are the fol- lowing:
 l. Don't wait for the volunteer swarms, but multiply artihclally by eXpeiling the queen with part 0: the bees. ltsaves watching the swarms, the young hives are early enough and if there are many hives the labor may be equally divid ed without the risk of having l0--2O or more swarms arriving at time that when they either fly off or corgl"merate into one ildissolublc lump because they cannot be housed quick enough.
 2 In the beehouses of Dzierzon is a separate honey room to which the queen has no access, thereby obviating the disadvantage of honey combs infected with eggs, dark wax and the bit ter tasting food of the bees, so that honey of the purest and finest flavor is obtained
 5 The houses are so constructed that every thing cal be done in them without hurting a bee or cutting the comb apart Their contents. eggs, young bees and honey can be taken out without any cutting. 50 also may honey or a young brood be added to a weak hive Out of one large bee society 2--3 or more new stocks may be made. A scky stock may easily be | visited, observed and cured; also the queen can be commodlously taken out and transferred to others that stand in need of one The same object may be obtained by suspending brood | plate This optional division of the bees into new associations keeps the bees from hanging idly around the hives. So also the many su- perfluous drones may be kept out of the way bv suspending the commencement of bee cells- l All those useful manipulations are made possi l ble by having the whole wax cell tissue pasted on to strips that lay others nailed to the walls These strips are of equal length so that they fit into any other bee house. To promulsate this new and useful method resolved to publish the parsons work which he did not publish for fear of a failure bought his copyright and to secure sale to the book and to subserve e a good cause published a pamphlet recommending the new theory and plan of which distributed about 60,OO0 copies. also founded the union of the Silesan beemasters obtained the aid and recommendation of the royal government and free postage for any persen. Other govern ments were also favorable to the cause and some contributed yearly payments By those exertions 1 succeeded at last in calling and dl- recting the attention of the German beemasters to the new method. Many skeptics tried and only the conceited were not converted to the new doctrine During the years from 1847-l853 l distributed $500 beebooks in 5 editions also edited paper "The Prussian Bee-news," wherein l in cooperation with other disciples of the new method, treated of the Dzierzon plan in particular. Orders for the new constructed beehouse came in from all parts and sent of 100-2oO natural model beehouses annually, and about 1000 small models and dronetraps to each these idle honey eaters-