Year: 1876

in equal quantities. Mix half 4 tea.
cupful Of cream with two well.beaten
eggs. : pinch Of salt and pepper !. beat
all together cut into small cakes and
fry in boiling lard. Serve hot.


Bee-Keepinx-Adyace to Beginner.


An experienced bee.keeper says:
"John has desire to Keep bees. Let
him take measures to know his busi-
ness, examine the subject, and: what
may from such examination seem un.
favorable, is often an advantage. If
he has been trained to think that the
simple act of buying four hives Of bees
will secure competence, let him he
undeceived. If he is sufficiently cred.
ulous to take the marvellous tales of
the patent.yender, that his particular
hive, and no other, will make him rich
without an effort on his part, let him
be undeceived. If he is indolent, and
hopes to escape the necessity of labor
by procuring bees to do it for him, I
beg that he will not disgrace the busi-
ness by undertaking and failing. If
he feels that he has an exemption pass
-"bees never sting me''-and suppos-
es that he will have no case Of suffi-
cient provocation for them to sting,
and bases his fitness on that alone, lie
will feel differently after a little ex.
perience. If he dare not risk the pos
sibility of a sting when protected as
he can be now, or let's the fear of one
prevent the performance of any duty
until tomorrow or next week, he will
find the profits small. With sees more
than many other things, very much
depends Oh doing proper things at the
right time. A good way to test his
qualifications for bee-keeping is to ex.
anime his way of doing things in the
past.


! If he has been SO unfortunate in his
training as to form habits of Incidence
or negligence in his farming opera
tion, until all chances of remuneration
are lost noS so much from non-per-
formances as for not performing the
proper thing at the proper time, and
failed to make it pay in consequence
he will not be likely to do better with
bees. If his training has induced a
study of natural history, and he is
familiar with the habits of many
things about him and of bees in par
ticvlar, or has wish to become fa-
miliar, and has energy to carry a good
resolve into effect, and can spare the
time necessary from other duties to do
it, would advise few bees, to begin.
If he is conversant with the best books
and papers OH the sucject, which he
should be, he will not need much in
struction until lie gets the first colony.
Should he begin in spring, which is
the best time, let him get some one
better acquainted with them than him
self, if possible, to make the first pur.
chase. In the absence of such assis.
tance, would say, first, Italians, in
movable combs, are most desirable.
Select from large number, if possible.
The best stocks are not the heaviest.
A large colony is verv important.


| There should be bees in the spaces
between five or six combs, at least.
To ascertain this point in the box hive,
turn it bottom up, without jarring,
some clear, cool morning, and let the
sun shine directly into the hive. If
the stock is an old one, there is anoth-
er point to be ascertained at this time;
see whether it contains foul brood-a
disease to be described another time.
It will show itself now by some of tue
breeding-cells, outside the cluster be.
ing sealed, and containing dead larvae.
Never take such stock, even as gift.
If it is a movable.comb hive, it may
be examined on a warm day. I forgot
to say that it is well to be protected
with veil over the face, and gather
around the throat, and use a little
smoke to keep the bees quite lift out
the combs, and examine one by one;
the bees will be little more scattered
on the combs than when cooler. One
point more can be ascertained with
movable combs that is, if a queen is
present all thrifty hives should now
brood in all stages, from the egg to the
mature bee tho brood would indicate
her presence without the trouble of
finding her.


| Trees Girdled by Rabbits.


A correspondent in Missouri writes
that some years ago neighbor of his
had forty apple.trees girdled one win
ter by rabbits. The trees was three
years from planting. 'He Immediate
ly took narrow boards, four or fire
inches wide, and long enough to go
above the reach of the rabbits, sharp.
ened one end, and drove them into the
ground so as to form square box
around the tree. He tied the box to-
gether with a strong cord and then