Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1864-03-30
P.S. Since writing the above, auothe
swarm has gone Exiting

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P.zS. Since writing the above, another
swarm has gone Exiting
Mr.. EDlroR-Appreciating the compliment
conveyed in the above inquiry, itafords me
much pleasure TO comply with the request Of
your correspondent, not without many miss
lgivings, however, as to whether anything !
may say will be Of any real importance to
him or others; ford have long since learned
that all the operations of the hive bee arc in
volsed in deep mystery and that, therefore,
it is difficult to assign any valid reason for
his motions, or prescribe any rules for his
government. 1 know that men have, indeed,
asserted that they could Go many wonderful
things with this %iisoot, and I know Just as
we'll that after you have paid your money for
the inventions of these geniuses, the only con
ISOLATION you heys for the loss of your money
is, that you have learned q lesson that may
be of some service to you when the nexthum
bugger conies along.
Now as to the subject matterin hand. Why
/" Faginsul" has been so badly treated by his
bees it is hard to tell. hive no doubt he is
3 bee-iag Of great SSae-neyolence, and why bis
bees have bee.havcd Il so un bee coming a
manner ia bee yond my comprehension. but
Il can venture an opinion. In oil my expert
enca l have never lost but one, and / may sag
that l hare hiyed many a swarm. attribute
my success to this iactrthat My bees did not
have to go ten feet from the. bee house to
find q clustering place. Immediately in front
of mr. apiary I had planted q row of cedars
on which. the bees never failed to settle-thry
seem to have a partiality for this tree. "Fa.
g%insuI" does not say whether his bees left
him before or after being hiVed. If the last,
l incline to think that he put them in teue
ments that they did not fancy. For instance.
a clumsily made. hive, one thai will aGmit
much light, they are very apt to leave; an
old hive that has notrbeon thoroughly cleans
ed by Sca,ding will sometimes cause them to
decamp-if they cluster in g place where
they receiyc the full benefit o. the SUMS raYs
they will not remrin there very long. Rub
q litile honey in the hive, and hive them as
soon as possible, and if they after that per-
4ist in leaving you, you may be sure it is be.
cause they had determined not to remain.
bel;eye.that if ore will cultivate & better
acquaintance with his bees, t.ey will soon
come III KNOW Hitu az well Ia ho VA ~"
dog. Tie sendate that went forth at the
creation OF the world; (" that MS man looketh
to me. and I extend va outslrctchcd arm over
him, So Shall every living thing be subjected
unto man, knowing that he provideth for
them in the day Of their necessits." includes
in its wide scope tho little honey bee. TAX
ing this view OF the case, il it reasonable g..
suppose that one who seldom goes about his
aplary. 10 provide for the numerous little
wants Of his bees, viii sacceed es well as the
one that pursues a different course? Some
may laugh ut this as a novel idea, but il they
will take the trouble to learn something OF
the wonderful ins,iact Of the little live bee,
;Ley may have 10 acknowledge that the
thought i, as true us it is novel. But IN tLis
lido not mean to intimate that ".Faginsul,"
does not attend to his hives; simply wish to
assert that those who give them the least at
teni,on, are those that lose the most swarms.
Artificial swsrming hsss been successfully
practiccd, but as it is afa*peration tEat dc.
lnands more trouble than it is worth, and oil
no earthly use in Our climate, I will spare the
reader so tar as 10 remain silent on that point.
Hoping that others lave bcen successful
in raising honey, ami that sugar and molasses
will soon 20 down." | am very respectfully
YOURS, V. LA TASTE. :