The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1860-03-15
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EDS. farmer While bee keeping 10
almost as old as authentic history, the
true art Of the bee culture 10 Of very
modern date. Bee keeping requires no
knowledge of the natural habits Of the
bce-no acquaintance with its history,
or with the experiments and discoveri,s
Of naturalists and scientific men. 1t is
sufficient if rude box is provided for
the swarm, aud a partial shelter given
1t requires no effort to aid the industri
Gus workers in storing up honey, Or in
defense against enemies If they accum.
ulate an abundance Of honey and main.
tain themselves against mo.hs, and spi.
ders, and ants, and foul air, it is excel.
lent good fortune; if they die, or dwin.
die out, it is enough for the common bee
keeper to say, that his bees did not like
him, and he cstecms it all Jaa turk.
On the other hand, bee culture is an
art, and proceeds upon the knowledge Of
fully demonstrated facts and laws. The
laws Of the bee hive are now US well
known as any that govern any other por.
ton of the animal or insect creation; aud
bee keepers everywhere may avail them
selves of the information The elevation
of bee keeping to an art, is almost Who'll
ly due to the Rev. Lorenzo l.. Lang
stroth, now Of Batavia, Ohio. This gen
t|eman has devoted nearly quarter Of d
century to estigations and expert
ments-his object being from the first to
bring bee culture to point where the
aquarium could have the entire govern.
ment and control of his bees-where he
conld bring them into as complete sub.
lection as bis OK or his horse.
For his purpose he began experiment.
ing with hives Of different construction
endeavoring to get control of the combs,
and at the same time to avoid, as much
as possible, disturbing or exciting the
anger of the bees Huber, nearly CEN
fury before, had invented what he called
his LEAF f1ive,' which was SO con-
structed TINT the parts or frames on
which the bees were induced to build
their combs, opened like the leaves of
book. With this hive Mr.. Lanystroth
experimental, but found that some bees
were unavoidably killed, and that too
much time was consumed in opening and
shutting; so abandoned this and adopted
other plans, until he arrived at what is
now widely known as the Luays,yoM
MoraLie Comb Bee Hre.
1t must be evident to any INTELLIGENT
aparian, that with any Of the hives now
4" common use, the whole subject must
remain mystery for the most part. Bee
keeping is bee keeping only-it is guess
work aud not knowledge.
With his new hive, Mr. l.. very soon
found himself on the high ground of de-
monstrative truth. He was enabled TO
verify fully the discoveries Of Huber and
other eminent naturalists, and What is
far more important than ali. to d, duce
from his discoveries an entirely new sys.
tenn of practica! bee culture, by which,
natural swarming could be wholly dis.
pensrd with if desired, and yet colonies
could be multiplied with much greater
rapidly and certainty than by natural
swarm'n-; weak swarms strengthened,
and those which had lost their queen
furnished with the means of obtaining
another. If it was suspected that anv.
thing was wrong with the hive, it could
be examined throughout 10 a few min.
utes, and the proper remedies be applied.
Now this may seem incredible to those
who have all their lives used the common
box hive, and have been led TO believe
that this insect must be allowed 70 have
its caprices, and that be keeping is all
+ after Of "luck;' but having ourselves
fully demonstrated, in every particular,
the remarkable statements Of Mr LANG.
stroth-havins performed every opera. |
ton with our own hands many times
aud with the same results, we feel ,u.
thorlzed to statc-and it is with no little
gr't'tlcat'on--that by the invention of
his hive, and the publication of his work
on the bee, Mr.. Langstroth has fully in.
Itlatcd an entirely new and scientific
system of apiaran practice.
AS rights are for sale in various mart,
OF the country, individuals NAV easily
test the character of the hive. and the
truthfulness OF these statements. without
the risk of being imposed upon. But
every aparlan should make it an estah.
h>hcd rule, mover to purchase a patent
bee hive right, until he has given il a
full and satisfactory trial The public
have been sw'ndled quite enough with
patent bee hives, in which the bee could
neither work to advantage nor defend
itself against enemies.
CHA'S BELTS.
Burr Oak, Mch;yan.
See advertisement of the above nam.
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