. The Cottage gardener. Gardening; Gardening. THE COTTAGE GAKDENER. Ifil it with iitional and pi nsaut thoi It It me uige eieij hth to tn tl i 11 1 i ( she will hnd it one ct i III I Lpt Us only liP 11 the \ ll I i 1 1 and Honti lu e^flyllilll i 1 i-\»'i\ 1 / I i e\ei> boii_,h nnd tin 1 et md then wi sh ill lean kh=;on& nl w isdom that will bt hle^t tn us when ill these beautilul thmgb of time shall ha\ e pissed aw ay ioi e\ci IHI BEtlvri PEES C\L} ^clJ well Miiij peisons iiound mt (Bui> St Ed munds) hii\L lost be^el•ll ot then best peopled luveb by chbcontmumg to teed the bees md th
. The Cottage gardener. Gardening; Gardening. THE COTTAGE GAKDENER. Ifil it with iitional and pi nsaut thoi It It me uige eieij hth to tn tl i 11 1 i ( she will hnd it one ct i III I Lpt Us only liP 11 the \ ll I i 1 1 and Honti lu e^flyllilll i 1 i-\»'i\ 1 / I i e\ei> boii_,h nnd tin 1 et md then wi sh ill lean kh=;on& nl w isdom that will bt hle^t tn us when ill these beautilul thmgb of time shall ha\ e pissed aw ay ioi e\ci IHI BEtlvri PEES C\L} ^clJ well Miiij peisons iiound mt (Bui> St Ed munds) hii\L lost be^el•ll ot then best peopled luveb by chbcontmumg to teed the bees md this oen ib lite as the 1 ith of Maj It is Aciypnbxlk thit second and thud sw ums will be coming m ^uh and bhould It pio-\e so I would lecommend then b(mg united tl late s\/aims 01 thiee oi torn ot them bcnig jut to,ethti I'lsivN L Pels Ii\ —I have hequeutl) been asked How iai do bee go in seal eh of honey ' and indeed this ib a question ot eoubideiable im p stance toi up in it m a gieat measiue depends whethei the position selected ioi them be tavouiable or unlavoui-able, and it is a matter that each apiaiian may very easily ascertain for himself in the following simple manner :—Late in the season, when food becomes scarce, and upon a very fine morning, select a piece of buck wheat or heath (both of which the bees are very fond of), that is situated about three or four' miles from the apiary upon which the experi- ment is about to be tried. Let two persons be supplied with a dredging-box filled with hair-powder, one tinted with vermillion or any other colouring matter, and the other plain; let one of them go to the field or the heath, and, at the exact time agreed upon by the parties, let each begin the operation of dusting the bees, one at the mouth of the hives and the other in the field; the tinted bees returning to the hives, and those dusted with plain powder seen in the field, will not only prove that the bees have rfone the distance, but will also shew in what time
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