New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-07-24
INTERESTING TO FARMERS.
A CHAPTER ON HONEY BEES.
rEy; HISTORIAN PRODUCTION INTO rms
InIt-IIN

dred dfon,s and from ten 10 ify thopsapd workers.
TIE queen would properly be called she llgiAer
tho melee: tfey never work nor fgbttrgy are sl1g'
less. The workers aIe Insperiecly Geyelosd irir'
According 20 L. Is. Miner au.LOroi ice ma. 'i, -.
swarm in tie Suing CJl-l55 u queen t'a uO'",
two CT three thOUsaAd rH:Le's, hni tA'io ~ re -
soon ~ oG cln Lc pr yiiet IL SpIi5g cG01- 10 hi"
new ewarn, which gucs OF, lei by H.: oiI qWep
vhe a new one il provided foe Che oil colony, WIZ
also ,oas oil sometimes, nj another warm, az . .
soBally bird one j. cont o. AMI iaEly we tWh'1
remaining consist If about %0,VtI bees ~ oVS 10
or three tlonsand die before Sping tie e o. Us
being calculated a. only about ~ moitHs.
queen lee IL ~ i-'iusui.h,d flom ot'er ueeo W
her shape sLe and ,el1r, that when you have el'o
learned how you can ways dFti 5risa ,ef' 90 30
,an by tie utise she makes. queen Il Larger t'ui
worker but rot as large aro1 "a di'hr, iLo'EH
longer, and tie rings OF her Abdomen are ls7s my
yeJpei, tnd ConseQ leBtly not ~ il4ln!l s.
hIq In short igecr Is more Was, Ike II her ioiH
hsn droue, aud is Of a darker color laftleu ny
apon tie hack part of The abdomen, WINE ID i.s u
ile il i, Of a ytllowisl hue. The wings % ibe s,e
In proportion to her DO ~ compared 70 et er " ~
oJ6elr uFe wiler, ttoJler 8ni sho5ter SIC '''y
on tie wing, oay at sSaEing tale and lien h'o vI
habits with the males 10 i suppUe'd tha' s'e - OF
gsys prfel lated during her IA ~ ana That lmPie
nation in the Hall, before the dGenes are ues1 !e
seTyes for the eggs che will lny III the Srrl"o' Lo
who have made observations upon item dec;Fe 'ts'
queen bee is capable Of laying huhdreis' Psiois
DrTes Sre iie frlovys, their Only service being NJ
| t,ndap,e m on tie queen. Their life IL very sho'l
ore-geneTily from April TO August, shy iouf lholhs
Nome arc allD std tol,e over Winter. You Wlst IoS
uisake tie slaughter OF the drones ioF war VIA 'no
| oher beea, wtirn sJmeliits Cccurs' g.. ~,
Toe workers are always busy whenever II l. possible
| for them to carry tAtir hbOfs lhty o!.SH utsii
! the very h0lr ey enter . lew 1--we 10 olih coh0'
and the second day tie honey and pollen ghiheFefs De-
giu to bring in their stores. 10 Eoih 10 uu' 49,
| tbey must have d good house. Sometimes "heh
swarm goes ioo hollow tree tn libr j. iAheueo %
I a. -. kn l. ~ L.
iuto n mean, dirty hive. IL requires great deal 81
labor scmeips for the be,s 70 6op up TIE CRACKS % s
old hive with bee-gue, substance gathered a. ih5
ioresi and not unde by tho tees IL - nsfaoi Blu
All fcr WhOu dIy ttan wax, Gu0 entirely u.lf' IT, .
| Us,gkf0f q ST fTn.--lt IA ertinited tiiat tIh
swaim Of bees should weigh eleven TO twelve ponnds
Hence az over h.s Is honey and ro1o 20 iha'
tie culnilty cun lie asgert, 90 by weisg ire ihTe,
If the weight Of that il Known as ~ hl"ayH shoNl &c,
| and marked upon IL wbel rev.
Hives shoGil always be constructed with some con.
veniences for weighing, such Gs starle m Tie i"P u
that is fixed QUE or one Ia tach slde, u tth nave
movable bill to hook in 10 attach 10 The hook " ne
! weighing balance.
Be Pasture and BE- Fcraiag.--It ba' been qucs-
| ton for long no whether country could % over
stocked Nth bees shat their pistufa.c would Dc
| short In conyorsgion with Mr. Quincy one OF tHc
greatest Tstsin tie country, We ieauie" ifs opijn
was that il vas next 10 Impossible % oVCrtosN aoy
! feciiou with ices. We ind from Iie.Bee J"wH.',
pubiisAed IL Germany tha' t1e sumo vpiuioh prev hs
| there. Mr.. DTierz,ui President IL CciFeAloh o.
| gli.fisis ~ Munich, saya:
81 have numerous accounts of AP ar;es 10 clos"
proximity Of iron, 20 to SOC hives each bhirn eir
lid 90, In thrce separate etaLhshIens, but - 30
that ne could whit III ~ halt an hours de In l"'-
ris and Hungary, n tiiiie' Numbering from 2'CJ 70
800 are not mhtqusnii ard We N'"" 'A"' s' h'.y
a. 1000 G loncs AZ often Congrtg 60 together on
besths & GERMANY. Hence ttuna " at We Lecc nDt
fear that any district Of It's country, 20 dslingu''ea
for abund mt nafs. vegetation and oy.fr!Ae! cHi-
,ar- will very speedily become oyer5to. ked par
ticilaly after Ire importance Of having tt1cks po-
uous efrly 10 the Sing comes TO te uLteIsl'd a4'i
approcaied Alr Kaden, one VI the oldest conLl'i-
tor 10 The Be- JgurHa slys, that diiri.t OF country
csnuOt b. overstCcked with ees and tbai however Tn
| msIous tie colonies al can procure Snfi,ani slr-
tensn.e IL the surrounding coIotry contain honey
Welding lan, u the usual oeyree rltro uvtr-hAf,
rsnness prevails The case Is diheen' OF eourss' ~ vel
a. .re According 20 statistical u'es, there m. ON-
O5J colonies 10 the province Of LuusbuE or l4l 70
tie fquaIc mile. TIE number Of sqrsEe nies ~ ilis
country stocked even 20 this extent are, it1slet
g few ana far between" German writer alicss.
that the bees II Luseburg Iay al leir AVo- aud
leave surylrs beside. Tue imPoftante stia'het 20
brecuure accounts in Tsr for The fact that the pooe
az this distct tsJ barren that IL has been called he
ArLi4 Of Germany, arc almost without "a sTcep-
ii a ia easy crcI1staucss la tie province OF Aiii o,
Gr,ece, containing ~ square miios, @5Oo col nies
are kept, one clony 10 each iuhaolisni, ProdHe
auunslly 80 pounds Of horny and two OF wax each.
| East Freslaud lfIosudl containing LOO square
mics has al average Of 900 col1uiys 10 the square
mile In 1851 tie yield 81 honey and wax N The TN
tire ~ Estimated 10 DC NOftn ONfr seven
milIIons Of doars Could not It'll inoro favorable
results be obtained in tits country under national
system a nnhgcueht awaiting Iself the si1 ~ eel
enee Art and skll The iBlsnd Of Corsica produces
about so pounds Of honey to tie square mile, per
! anuun. -.
There Il DO probability that sny section Of .his coun-
try will reach such state II prodnCpenefs IN tiis
Veneratiou. Yet hope all who read tbOes eStrics
will think what an imuenfe loss ID sustained annually
by our neglect 20 employ haryesierst 10 Bbef tine gr
crop Of sweets that might De- saved our zee pOpl a
lion " az largo enough to gather IT Ill.
Upon the fnblec " bee pafuIage and those lanis
from which bces draw iher stores OF honey We hnd
some useful hints Ia liabsobr work on l'ees and Boe
Keeling He SAVE: " The best kinds OF early p6sir-
aye are he alders hazel and willows some Of which
" ID honey and others pollen, uod speies Of towers
ii, Ia both Nv obsafy tOna lend 20 believe thai
M le flowers yield pollen and The female honey;
have frequcnly bees gathering both honey and
pollen from the same kind Of flowers at thu same me.
II can he tested by examining both the honeysae and
the bni keis on tue thigh These trves the br %
afford The bees provision In The Spring. where these
abound the bees advance eaIler than .lewtefo ITO
sof maple (0cer rabrSiq) yilts eonfiiertlr guam
tity Of honey very early II tho weather IL iue Ito
golden or yellow willow ul'o yields supplies qnie
early; pesch, cherry, AID pear trees put oth early:
gogeeb, rrle5 cuTIaus btriwb1Iries, &c, oil ahotd
rch suIes 10 lose tbis-t Of early flowers, TIE dam
dsliou aud app forth IN ch proiuson, all OF Shi
are of the Il, nos Importance for the prosperity OF the
bees dating the II this early psstursge fi1s,
OF If tie weather should be- uniav0s able ~ TO pre-
yeri the bees from gatheyingR supply Of provide ~,
they will tail ~ sult ient quantity OF Droodio
swarm early 70 harvest the clover honey 70 sdyan-
tge.
:" It s but seldom, If ever, that sufficient quantity
q honey is gathered from these early flowers 10 causo
the bees 10 store II in surplus boxes yet enough is ire
our ntly Obiaued 20 I'LL up large portion of the combs
from which the honey has been consumed dudng Tho
Winter, aud serves 10 supply their immediate wants
until clover blooms.