The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1881-12-28
COMMUNICATED.
IN THE SUBJECT OF BEES AND
HIVES,

ON TIE SUBJECT OF BEES AND
HIVES.
/. I notice in the issue of the DEMO
Graf of the 21st inst, an article In
reply to one I wrote for the State
Central Express. 1t seems my arti-
Gle was sent to W. H. Andrews, OF
Mckinney, Texas, novice in Bee
Culture, but lawyer by profession,
and, by the way, considered lead
ing man at the bar. Now, the Judge
answers my article and sends it to
be published in the "Bee Keepers
Magazine of New York. That
journal is taken by my neighbcr,
Mr.. Daniels, and being bee man IN
a small way, and using hive accor-
ding to his own idea, hands the jour
nal to our mutual friend, the Editor
of the DEMOCRAT, to be published
It seems to be the desire of this gen.
tleman TO get up discussion upon
the subject of Hives and Bees. l am
very sorry to think that to get an ar
ticle in answer to my little harangue
on "Bees, Moths and Buzzards,"
that he had TO 60 to lawyer OF
Texas. I invite public discussion
either verbal or through the press,
from. any of my neighhors. Every
man, has an opinion of his own, ane
, if l should not agree with him or ht
I with me, we can argue our separate
+ opinions, and by SO doing .instrnc
others as well as becoming informed
ourselves; and as the subject OF Bee
I and Hives are brought up and ! con
a slider myself very we'll posted on tina
s subject, having devoted several year
t of nv life exclusively to that line Q
" business, l am vain enough to cor
a slider myself, not as the Judge say:
It "a veteran moth trap vendor" br
If an apiarian. / sell bee hive, an
T. attached to. the bee hive is a mot
department. am vain enough
= think my hive is the most conven
lie ent hive in the market for the pee
t. and the moth trap a practicable on
J., and SO does nearly everybody wi
.. uses them. Occasionally l iii
It. among my many customers one d
IS satisfied, and all that one has to
Ill is to let me know and | will eth
tic satisfy him or return his money.
ip am going to make Alexandria n
is home and make the Apiary my bu
tie mess, and if l live will have the 1t
oil gest Apiary in the South, and eve
gi swarm will be in Moth Proof Hi'
I have full faith 10 my hive, henc'
90. use it.
:. Now will return to the Judge.
70. He says the moths never deprec'
of upon the brood chamber or encroa
- upon the confines of the comb OCT
y; pied by the bees. / maintain Il
the Judge is in error in that respe
Ag for when the young moth lavra or
an get hold upon any comb, they CT
IS; tinue feeding upon the centre div
MN Of cells until the whole comb is CO
~, ~ pletely destroyed. They do not d
ave troy the cell as long as the comb
Ne capped lavra in, but for eggs
&c; young lavra or empty cells I'll
~ make no difference, and in v
- short time there is no confines oc
80. wv pied by the bees, for the remn
tne that is left soon deserts the wor
wy less COmU anu o'"'' ~"
Now the Judge grows eloquent,
says the great Creator OF everyth
ava but moth traps, in his infinite
~: dom ordained before the foundat
NY of the world that no such thing
cry reliable moth trap should ever
leg invented, much less patented. I
A admit the Judge is a good crit
,;no good iurist and learned lawyer,
10 I think he steps beyond his re
iete sometimes, and seems to cons
in himself we'll posted in the INTENT
lose Of the great Creator, but just $
" To stuff was spoken of and printed
nm the worldly wise two hundred y
o~e AGO in reference to electricity
'pty steam. So it is now with bees
hing hives and various other things
Q is have full faith in the inventive
md ius of our little Republic, aud as
that nothing is impossible.
Langstroth was the smartest ma
eru- bee culture in his day, but no,
and bis work quoted nowp-"Good,
paw behind the times" So the W
rrom progresses, and the science of
aud culture like everything else will
in vance until the final termination
ms, the world, and then not be per
D"'' j. F. VAN HORl