The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1863-02-27
For fhe JefFsrsonian Democrat
Bee Culture.

t, For the Jeffsrsenian Democrat
Bee Culture.
As Bee Culture is of some Importance
among farmers IN general, tho why's ana
whereiores about bees and their nature will
be of interest. As they are of wild ma
ture, and easily disturbed by anything that
molests the hive, many persons put their
hives in some BY place, 90 avoid being stung
"a poor piece of economy. Bees should
be kept close by, where YOU can pass thom
and see them. They are docile whom. put
close TO the path, whore you pass back and
forth but yonwantto hayo them put there
10 the spring, before they fly much.
Our honey bees must be OF very ancient
origin, because of the promise to the chill
dreu OF Israel that they ehould have land
/ flowing with milk and honey ss,F
| Nearly all the states OF the old country
have q large quantity of bees. Germany
| has, accordingto her governmental accounts
| Of taxes on bees, TO every 160 acres oil
! land, rivers, mountains and lakes, 100 hiyes
Of bees, at the present time. Now, If they
can keep 40 many ia that cold country, how
many can be kept in Ohioi Some seem to
that, where there are so many kept, they
do not do as we'll; but this Is not so. Ibave
some one hundred swarms, and they do jusl
as we'll rs when ! bad but fow. And now
II We can keep as many as Gernany, aud
I We can, we can pay our taxes, and have oil
/ tho sweet we can use, and to spare. Lot us
see bow many swarms 1t would give to Ave
miles square. Now, one mile square is 64C
acres, aud fvo miles square Square ia l6,
600. 1t will keep 10000 hives of bees, ac
cording to the German rule. Our climate
| is juss as good as theirs, yet We keep scarce
ly 900 TO township. Thore are but foul
or Ave weeks 10. which bees make most o
their honoy that is in June aud the firsf o
July, generally. The rest of the time the,
are rearing broods. They need 70 be locke,
after. The bee moth, tho miller that lay
tho eggs around the bottom OF the hive
docs no harm; but the miller that get
!, mp In fhe corner, lays her eggs 10 th
bee bread, here and there, as she can, an,
!. they hatch out, aud rake inroads in ever,
direction. II the bees are in lauguishinI
7 state, tho moth always works the worst
Tho queens frequently die, tho swarm
dwindle down, and the moth gois in an,
works on the honey. Other bees commonc
trying to get In where the queen is desc
for the bees show but little resistance, an
they carry off what honey there is in th
Q hive. People say their bees have robbed
Now, bee keepers, If you will keep watch {
yonr bees, and when, In the working seasol
\, they do not carry in pollen on their leg
but lie fdie day after day, standing roun
the mouth, scarcely one leaving the hiy
you may know that the queen is gone. ]
this fix, the bees show bnt little resistance
the miller laying her eggs, and the hive
destroyed, as above stated.
Many valuable hives swarm all the queer
out Ia swarming time. The first swarI
that goes out, the old queen goes out wi,
Il; but sometimes the olc queen Is heavi
laden with eggs, and drops on tho group,
: and 10 lost, for she lays all the eggs fos sh
workers and the drones The queen
picked up by those that understand tho
8 nature, In swarming time. The most
those hives that lose their queens, eu
whose swarms have TO 90 back, which is q
: ways the oase when They lose their quee
are in such crowded state that they re-
all the yeang queons, for the workers tai
- - them In their charge, when crowded,
Of make the queen cells, and feed the lar
20 with different food, with her head dow
., ward, other bees outward; and, II the o
q queen Is permitted to get at the yonng que,
cells, she viii destroy them.s and nev
swarm. But the working bees keep Il
royal cells In strict charge, and the o
= queen from destroying the young qnee
and, in this crowded state, abe goes out wi
iva the greater pait of the workers. The you
! queen 10 not always capped over At {
: time Of swarming. The second swal
usually comes out on tho lith to the f3
and neYor after tho 18th day. Tho
lswarms that lose their old queen, genera
'e- swarm too much, sometimes as many as fl
or Ave coming ent of such. have kn0'
=. as many az eight, and most Gil the be
& with the queen, swarm out, they being w
- but full OF honey. The moth miller dspoi
Its eggs, and the moth matches in August
h. September, and II 70 ell moth-eaten by {
na tobsr. Sometimes. whom the hives bave b
!, closely stopped, they dvindle out of bees
tho drst Of the winter, aud some otl
= bees work on the honey with which the
is filed, and leeEn to rob. In some
stances, the queen dies Ia tho winter, {
tho swarm dies out 10 thai way. so
are cafelpsa, and let the snow and
freeze around the mouth, and smot
n them. 6ome experiment. with new pat
= hives, and, tso or three belng made
her them, they abandon them. Seven n-tenthl
W. the patent beo-hisea are poor, worthless
vis worse than hothing. The Lnngstroth Mo
IL BILE Cone Frame. With twolvo frames,
- tened top and bottom, is the best, in
opinion. Bot individuals who pay no
tention to their bees, mover ges much
' do much, bad better use she old.fashio
beehive, as II does not cost much.