Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1870-02-01
What Kind of Bee Hives to Use.

In the first place l make three classes of
bee keepers. One class keeps fewswarms
and lets them stand where they are placed.
If they swarm they hive them perchauce,
or let them go off to the woods. They new
er go near them again, summer or winter.
Occasionally they consign swarm to the
birthstone pit after cold weather sets in, so
that the bees cannot get out to sting, and
that is about the extent of their bee-keep
irg. To all such l say, by all means use
the hollow Eastwood for hives.
The second class read some work on
bees, or have some neighbOr that is max
ing Bookkeeping pay. These get up great
excitement, and go into Bookkeeping with
all the enthusiasm imaginable. They are
going to getrich in the business, &c. They
hire Gallup or some other bee-keeper, to
give them instructions and show them
about their bees, &c. He gives them all
the instruction he possibly can. They pay
little attention to what he says. Ifhe tells
them what to do they do just the contra
ry, and for an excuse say, "Why, | under
stood you to tell me So" Sometime long
in the winter Gallup sees them, and the
first salutation is, ho,g comes on tie bees
Did you fix them up as | told you to do?
ooh, no; I thought / would take some
| pains with my bees this winter, so | set
them all in a row, and built good box
/ nj lols II, /
ped up all the holes in the hives to keep
them warm, and to keep them in the hive )"
or if they are in box hives, and Gallup
tells them how to winter them in the Gel
lar by turning them bottom up, all open,
they put on the bottom board contrary to
directions. Then, every time any one goes
into the cellar with light, the bees are
disturbed, crawl out all over the cellar and
die. In fact they get the dysentery, and
all, or nearly all, die off before spring, and
the survivors, if any, are worthless for the
next season. This class want a frame hive
of course they do To this class | can rec
ommend hive of the form of the Ameri-
can. Recollect that | did not recommend
, the American hive, but only the form or
in other words, hive tall in proportion tC
its size. This class usually lose their en-.
thusiasm, and don't talk bee the SECOND
season and when they meet Gallup the!
act as though they felt ashamed, and Gal
lup certainly does not blame them.
Now we come to the third class. The,
are anxious for information; and if YOU
, give them information, they are careful t
: remember it, and put it in practice.
they meet with failure, they learn some
, thing nevertheless by that failure, an
| avoid it the next time. This class perse
| we're, and in a very short time demonstrat
0 to their neighbors that Bookkeeping is
? profitable and pleasant pursuit. 1t is
E pleasure to give instruction to this elias
1 They are generally very sociable, goo
t company, good citizens, an honor to the
r country, and to the community in whic
!. their lot is cast To this class | can wit
p confidence recommend the Langstroth hiy
. This third class of bee-keepers will d
n credit to hive; or in other words, the
h will build up the reputation of hiy
: But the first and second class Will destro
, the reputation of any hive that was evt
: invented. Now reader, to which class {
n you belong? Remember that I do n
place you in either class your own actor
9 place you where you belong. | viii do q
II in my power to help you into the thi
h class, but it is poor encouragement TO he
Y those who will not help themselves tt
" reader may want 10 know what became
90 the swarms that were boxed up, &c. 4
- died of course-twenty-two in number
" and would have died if there had been t
re- thousand.
,e The above picture is not overdrawn
g, the least.-E. GALLUP in american 4
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