Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1874-07-15
AGRICULTURAL
Bee Notes...Advlce 10 Beginners.
BY N. ouIMBY.

very llttle toMaTus ms suPP0i' LUZ
studying their nature, aud cultivaiing
he has from them, in addition to the hiC
and talow. many OF our choicest luxuri
milk, butter, and cheese. Bees,
their wild state, furnish wax, bee-brea'
and a little honey mixed with it. WIT
the same attention to their cultivation
that we give our cattle, we can improv
their products equally as well, Cattl
J thrive and grow when running wild so d
, bees. in their native state /; but such thrift
satisfies only those who are ignorant o
what may be done. Such persons main
tain that the nearer we follow nature, thu
more certain we are Of success; but i
must be admitted that this course is no
always satisfactory, Fruit will grow with
Out assistance from man. We prune, to allow
Hight, heat, and circulation of air, our OBJ
ject is not to proloug the life of the tree,
but to promote the production of fruit.
So with bees; for the greatest success, at
tehtion must be given to thousand little
details, that have been too much neglect
ed; and the person that judiciously attends
to the greatest number Of these, will
succeed the best.
Since the introduction of the Italian
bees, it has been discovered that they
drive off the moth worm, much more eff
fectivoly than the black bee. Yet when
these are not very strong, considerable
inroads are often made upon them, and
much time is consumed in mcnding up
mutilated comb, and replacing brood that
has been destroyed, making ali the differ
euce between handsome profit. and moth
ing at all. In such case, the person who
knows nothing Of bees, would complain
that they did rot pay, just as he would if
he took 10 care Of his cattle and expect a
firstrate yield of milk, butter, and cheese.
We should understand that the moth, hav.
ing burthen Of eggs to deposit, seeks a
place for them, and finds it, usually in
some weak hive, and that the young, when
they hatch out, will take the sustcnance
near at hand, Wax-comb is their natur-
al food, The moth is active in a tempera-
turo 50 COOL that bees exposed to it will
move but little, but creep close together,
for mutual warmth, leaving a part of the
comb bare, There the eggs of the moth
will be deposited. As soon as the weatR.
er is warm enough fer few days, or the :
air is warmed by the bees. their eggs
hatch, No mature moth lives through
the winter. The egg or the worm will
live in moderate temperature. ana ma.
ture in warm weather. When the female
has her eggs ready they must be deposited .
somewhere. If every hive is strong enough 2
with bees to cover The combs, they will =,
not be allowed inside. La such case, the
-" al
eggs are left near the entrance of the hive, -
"a some crevice, or where the bees, in
passing over them, will attach some of .
hem to the little pellets of pollen on their ::
egs' and being small, they are packed g,
With 1t in the cells. When the -
i've is warm there is where they hatch -
Irst. Some persons have imagined that =
he moth, when il can find another place y
deposit eggs, visits flowers covered with :. -
arna, aud leaves them, trusting to the :,
lii "tn 'ne wi
ollen. have not room to give all the -:
LEGATIONS Of this, but I hope closer OBJ. =
'rvatlons will decide whether it be so or ;.
OF, In the humid atmosphere of the
Ulster in the hive, the moths eggs hatch. - -
there is brood enough to consume most
the pollen, as brought in, the worms. DC,
they hatch, are carried out, aud little bel
'rm is done. The worm, when not re. mo
owed, commences eating the waxen comb be
at surrounds it, making passage large tina
ough for its body, and spinning siken lou
l!eFy, inside of which it travels. When wa,
e colony is moderately strong, and the orc
God of the bee has changed to chrysalis, off
is sealed over, the head of the bees Won
rysails does not touch tho sealing by
ar an eighth Of. an inch. Over the :
IDS OF these bees the worm travels, cen. 4Oo
ming the sealing and ends of cells, and Thu
nulng the gallery to defend itself from iron
BEES Now is the time to assist the was
IS, befo-e the worm has matured. With. ing
the movable comb-hive nothing of the nor
d can be done. When the worm has nab
growth, and has destroyed perhaps ava
usand bees, and spins cocoon, IN which will
epose for fortnight Or so, to change to Il
n crawling worm to winged insect.
y may be found in crevices around the :
'om, Or outside, which are not often ing
e enough to admit their body, though thin'
seem to have no difficulty in biting SICK
y any soft wood, till the dimensions cove
them. Not enc moth ought to be al.
cd to mature, to lay eggs for future
gene. Take advantage OF their helm. very