Bees should always be considered as natives of a warm climate, by which means we can account for their ways being opposed to their own security. Instead of their keeping together in a strong colony, they break off into small ones, and are thus weakened and rendered unfit to collect sufficient store for winter. The exact quantity of food requisite to keep a colony in good condition during the winter, is not easily fixed: 10 lbs. and 15 lbs. have been named, but we think that the latter quantity is the safest; and if it reach 20 lbs., so much the better; still, colonies short of the first quantity named should be fed, and the hives made snug for winter. The less room bees have during that time, the better for their health; for all the combs that they do not cover take more or less harm, and the pollen is rendered unfit for use in the spring; consequently, all communication should be closed from any extra room given to the hives in summer, and their doorways lessened or closed, except a few small holes for air.

In general, we prefer the latter, for the instinct in bees is still obedient to the laws which govern the climate whence they originated, and, consequently, many of them are deceived by the warmth of a winter's son, sally out, and are either picked up by birds, or perish in the snow.

Weeping Roses (which are vigorous growing varieties, worked five to seven feet high) merely require the gross unripe shoots, and those which are overcrowded to be taken out, and the others left unpruned. These, for the first year or two, should be trained round a small iron hoop, placed underneath the head of the plant; in a Short time, they will form most beautiful pendulous trees, requiring little or no pruning.