The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1865-04-29

every battul yule sc me settln on my hos
In the smoke, rite at the flashin ov tn
guns. and 1t will say a gooddeel about M
awl the wa thru-and if it don't. why its 1
lye-by jorge its lie. I would be willil
to give man n thowzin dollurs in gren'
baks TO write the histry ov my Pigment, t.
suite me, au lift dident suite, ide thrash him
Your frieM, @ 3s
KCRNEL IKKARUD TICkELsBY,
Knmmander ov the ragin rigirsent.
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Bee RafsiDg...NO. Be-
I often hear it urged as an objection t
the movable comb hives. that thousands o
dollars have been wasted on patent hive!
|ofvarinus sorts and many stands OF bees
been ruined by their use. This is true, bu
does not the fact prove most conclusively
that some Improvement on the box hivt
was needed and the want of it felt by bet
keepers? In the matter of movable cont
hives, apiarians had been trying for a cen
fury to lind some way by which the con
troll OF the interior Of the hive could bt
secured and many imperfect plans haG
been in use before Langstroth patented his
method. The way for It. was thus opened
and his hive was thus received with graft
tude as soon as introduced, by scientific
apair:and aud has been ever since, gradu
ally. but surely gaining favor wherever
introduced.
The objection is often made to the use Of
these hives, that it us not natural thus t.
expose the combs. raise queens, cut Out
drone comb &C." cannot see why It IL
not as natural an operation to divide
swarm Of bees, as to make it with lime
stone after the old fashion, or rob 1t OF its
honey ca is done in the box hive. 1t is as
natural to cut out drone comb as 1t IL to
break colt or shear a sheep! Bees, as we
have them are not "a q state OF nature but
dO;Mesticated. neither 10 this their native
climate. Therefore, ii We are wise weshall
use them in the way which proves most
profitable to us, and In such u manner rs
shall modify their instincts to their change
Of state aud Climate.
And here it may be In place to say that
the interests of all movable comb hlveS
have suffered much ut the hands Of some
who sell the patent rights. They COM
mence their business ignorant Of all prin-
ciples which govern n colony of bees, and
these are strict and invariabie. They sell
q right to man who is no better informed
than themselves. Tho vender cares only
to sell his right and hive. The purchaser
expects too much Of it and does not really
know what it ought to do, and instead Of
trusts to the hive to do all for him and is
to find that he gets no more
honey than in the old way. Perhaps too,
the ''bee man" divided his colonies ''doub-
ling his number at ouce for him. as he told
him. In that case quite likely by fall he
finds himself without ''quotient or remain
DER with only ''Patent Right and some
empty hives on hand. No wonder he 10
down on movable comb hives aud tells
will use an old fashioned gum"
As rule, It Ia safe to distrust a man
who tells you s'that bees will store more
honey, increase faster, and winter better in
his hive than any other ever patentedv'
No intelligent bee keeper claims that his
colonies will store any faster in the best Of
these hives than in 4 bee tree or box hive
the first season. All We claim is that in
them We can 60 regulate bees as always to
have queen, divide them ut y proper time
if we please. or prevent them from swarm
ing If We prefer that method, thus making
the matter sure, 20 that bee-keeping need
no longer be the precarious. uncertain bus
mess 1t has 30 long been.
It 10 not true, as asserted, that opening
these hives. taking out. frames, &C.,
the bees or affects them unfayora.
bly,. On the contrary, every tune hive il
new stinulus. A colony LETT to itself. will
70 on storing honey and raise brood enough
perhaps, TOR ono new swarm, while anOth'
or, beside 1t may have materials fog sevo.
rai colonies taken from 1t, and still store
o. much honey - it, neighbor. This u moi
mere assertion. The hive of bees which
stoted more honey than any other for M
last summer, was opened nearly every day
for some purpose. it's queen taken out to b
exhibited, and its combs exchanged or re-
moved also made four large Italian col
on Is from snere nucleus, which, in thu
spring, did not contain ., pint OF bees.
wis opeued very often to sassist me in diff
fetent investigations that Was making
and sO were Ill the young ewarms, whic!
are all In good order this lapsing. havt
never seea an'instancs of any injury from
opening tees OK removing, forms al pro
per time Id q proper manner.
ITO ,aake bees pay, you must save a
expenses. Fees will not pay y cent for ex
tra expensesv' How often We hear thu
remark made, and in certain sense II !
tiue, as they will not work any better in
PAINTED. than an .unpaiuted hive, nor in
iancv palace than ina hollow log. TO ~
these panes they need not be in an expen
sive hive, and tho right once bought, an.
one who can handle tools It all, can easil,
make them. But suppose you have col
|ony which has no queen. In the old hiv
Il must Be total less. With these pane
queen, whom in q short time it will be Q
valuable as eyer, and the fifty fhs. Of hon
ey YOU take from it in one season will NOR
than pay for your patent right.
SO in the spring; you have q weak stan
and one or two strong. oues. Ii they are I
the old hives most likely your own or You
neighbours bees will rob, and thus ruin tn
weak stock--whereas, ifthey were In mos
abae comb hives, you could give the wea
one frame Of honey from each Of the otf
efs that can we'll spare it, by that mean
1 making 1t Q valuable colony. From tt
surplus honey stored by it in one seaso
you can pay for the right.
The instances within my knowledge al
/ very rare, where any one has even kel
his number Of colonies good for term
years, while using the box hives. I do n
know an Individual who uses them wi
ha. as many hives now as he owned whe;;
lcoramenced bookkeeping. six years ago.
do not think it possible to keep bees in q
,oid way without nany Losses, and il is f
|, this reason I desire to seq introduced a DC
ter, because mere certain way.
ELLEN s. TuppER.
0EB1sn1os. April Is, '65. :
!, The people OF the United States IA
Host Wise and good friend, and lawf
liberty and sound principles Of polite
ECONOMY one oft!ae;r abiest advocates. 1
tue death OF Richard Golden. r.
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