The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1871-04-28


will enumerate as follows:
First. The movable comb. hive,
With its principles which gives the
bee man complete control over his
Lees, so that he can as readily ascer-
t&in the paecise condition Of them |
al any time as Of any of his domes-
tic stock, and with as much security. |
1t also gives the keeper control Of
the sWarming power instead Of the |
bees, relieving him of that awful
suspense between hope and fear,
which is so painful in the swarming
season. He can now swarm when |
most convenient, and go about his
business, having no fears of their de-
camping for parts unknown before
his return,
Second. The introduction of the
Italian bee into this country, which
is not only a great Improvement
over our native black bee, but has
furnished a key to unlock many a
knotty problem hitherto unsolved
in the mysteries of the hive, and |
heretofore unknown to bee science. |
By Introducing an Italian queen in
to a colony OF black bees, and
watching the developement of her
progeny we are enabled to arrive at !
every phase of beeology with per
feet precision. 1t is now ascertained
that the queen is perfectly devel-
oped female bee, the mother bee Of
every bee in the hive. Mother is
her appropriate, as laying eggs seems
to be the sole end of her existence,
and the only duty she performs.
She will lay from two to three thou
sand in twenty-four hours in the
breeding. She is hatched from the
egg in from twelve to fifteen days,
and lives from two three years (cas-
ualties excepted). The drones are
the male bees. They do not work
for the support of the hive, but sub
sist upon the labors of others, and
as the supplies fail they are disposed
of as nuisances in the hive. They
are developed from the egg in about
tWenty-four days. The working bee
is an undeveloped female, is hatehed
from the egg in from twenty to
twenty-five days, remains in the
hive from fourteen to sixteen days
as nurse to the young brood, comb
building, and providing for the
wants Of the queen. The workers
then pass out into the field as field
hands, in which time they diminish
very rapidly. The average age Of a
worker is but few weeks through
the honey season. Thus upon them
devolves all the labor of collecting
and defending the stores, building
comb, feeding and protecting the
queen and brood. In short, they
regulate the whole economy Of the
hive. A good populous colony con-
tains from 10000 to $4,000 bees.
Third. The rearing of queens as
speciality, is another important
step upward in bee culture. They
are now raised by breeders as you
would raise chickens, kept in readi-
ness for use when needed in swarm
ing, or to Italianize the native stocks
and for sale. There is a great de-
mand for them. Another important
step is the fertilizing of the queens
in confinement. 1t not only enables
him to breed them up to any desirA-
BILE standard he may chose. More
time and money has been extended
to accomplish that object, in Europe
and America, than any other one
improvement. 1t is now claimed by
many to be a perfect success. Queen
breeding is a branch of bee science
which requires good practical
knowledge of the business in order
to to insure success.
Fourth. The honey extractor is
another important discovery, which
is destined to work a great change
in the honey revenue. It is now
universally admitted by practical bee
men that bees will store two or three
times as much honey in the body OF
the hive, if furnished with combs,
as they will in boxes above, hence
the extractor meets that demand
and is a grand success. 1t has also
been ascertained by series of care
fully conducted experiments both in
Europe and America, that for the
bees to build a pound of comb re
uuires the consumtion of from 90 to
% pounds Of honey, hence the great
saving to the bee man in that.
Fifth. Also the wintering Of bees
in special repositories or cellers, is 6
saving Of one-half the honey which
lis required to winter them upon the
| summer stands out of doors. This
too is another item of expense saved
to the beekeeper, well worth looking
| after. Thus step by step the prac
! tical beekeeper ascends the temple
of Apis, and now looking out from
his elevated position, he no Longer
sees it the doubtful one horse busI-
ness as of yore, but a plain matter
of fact business, to which men and
women of intelligence and enter
prise are turning their attention, ant
which bids fair to be as renumeratiVG
! to the Deekeeper as any branch O
agriculture or horticulture which
our country affords, as the following
list ofshippments mentioned by tbs
Bee Journal Of October, 1870, viii
clearly show:
Messrs Baldwin & Co., Cataragus
N. Y, spipped to the city the past
week 10000 pounds box honey
mostly their own raising.
j Capt. j. E. Hetherington, Cherr.
Valley, N. Y, shipped $4,000 pound
nice box honey, all his own raising.
1 Silas Kellogg & Co., Steuben Co
N. Y, called at our Office and inform
ed us that they had then ready 70
: shipment $4,000 pounds (25 tons
of box honey, and was there t
market it.
f I. Root, Medina o., obtained 6,15
; pounds extracted honey, the produC
} of 46 Swarms.
r E. Grimes, Jefferson Wisconsin
has $4,000 pounds now ready 70
f shipment mostly extracted honey
t What has been done under favorabl
r circumstances can be done agair
: These are our encOuragements.
For the ladies of Berlin we hav
: words of cheer. The progress {
r horticulture, and foraculture, ha
8 opened a broad field of usefulnes