The Caucasian. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1874-1875, 1875-03-06

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River, III tho white clover il cu
pastures ana along orr roaslz IN
|ierees; and ii The myriatls of dos
crs incur woods and fields, M I'M
ltnres more extensive aud as flela q
those in tho valley Of TIM MI
The honey produced nI,o,l fllcs
within the limits Of tliis nriNt u
gathered is worth mora. tllan "a
Sugar crop and we can hare
|gathered Ivy laborefs wlio ncte
grow idle and who never 1trjke 10
higher wages. There is1ln itidus
TRY that will pay 50 well Tor tlsl
|ainonnt invested and none wticl
lean he made as source of - i1nci
pleasure aud scientific resenfeIs.
We recently noticed d convention
Iof ApialiaYs lit Louisville and w
have read Of 10 convention wlloss
members seemed 10 such easy and
afinent circumstances. They come
and went, land feastcd aud coun.
seled together upon the gold they
had gathered from the wing gf tlse
busy bee, and still told Of aJnn.
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dance, aud u comfortable houses
they had LEFT. These members we're
NIL four Northern ATTITUDES, where
spring delays until The first Ut Mas
and where the winter meets the
Fs'l in the middle Of September.
They were from, densrly populated
countries, and told OF what and
how they planted 70 make pastures
tor tlei, bees, aud these pastures
upon lands which were worth fifty
dollars per acre. # these men
have made money, why cannot We
where rich pastures, are spread ont,
in extent like seas around us, and
without money and without price;
where spring opens by the first Of
March and where the Fall aud
flowers linger until tile Arst OF No
vember. It has been ascertained
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that it requires as long to make one
pound OF wax, az to mako twenty
five pounds OF honey, and means
have been devised to extract the
honey without destroying or iniur-
ing the comb. With such an ar,
rangement, a single hive has been
made to produce 400 pounds Of
honey, wortl, IN New York from
twenty to twenty-five cents per
pound. One hundred hives would
not more than occupy tho Idle
hours Of an industrious farmer, but
If they occupied half his time and
produced 100 pounds to- the hive,
what is there that pass so we'll Z
even if each produced but fifty
pounds, or even twenty-five pounds
10 the hive, we can still asl. what is
there that pays so well. But this is
not all. Surely there is nothing III
nature more beautiful and wonder.
Enl than the little busy bee; wl,eth-
sr we regard him as the counter
,art to that wonderful cxtraya.
cameo Of nature which has scatter
ID its honey crop in it myriads of
.iny flowers, or whether we regard
lis wonllcrons instincts. He has
ong been, in poetry and ia prose a
ll0oel Of industry, bat Huber who
spent his life in studying his won
ferrous instinct, and spent. it
lobly and we'll, has taught
~ how to learn from him
essons ~ economy, in patriot
SIN, il loyalty, il obedience to law
nd order; in scientific construction !
II craftsmanship. and true royalty;
hat royalty which lives and
'reatbes i'll the true and
leep affection q her subjects.
he royal queen is the ;aother Of
Ter people, who build her palace
I'D supply it with dainty food; and
ervants to wait on her call and
entitlels to watch and guard her
alace gates. System and order is
he law Of the little Kingdom, and
she dies, no wars about the sue.
ession ensues. A few cells where
lelavae for theproducti,n Of work