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Article XXXI, 



On Bees. 



[By the Same, to the Secretar}%] 



Sir, 



T N confequence of your favourable reception^ and 

 -^ polite anfwer, to the letter I ventured to addrefs 

 to the Society laft year, I am led to ofFer the an- 

 nexed Caution^ to be inferted in the next volunne of 

 the Society's papers, if deemed worthy of fuch dif- 

 tindlion. That it will be conducive to the general 

 benefit of bee-keepers, I am fully and pradlically 

 perfuaded, and I fubmit to tl;ie confideration of the 

 Society, the previous fteps of caufing it to be in- 

 ferted, und,er their fandion, in the country news- 

 papers. If the Bath Society fhall incline to give 

 my fentiments their fandlion, it will give a weight 

 and; dignity to the fubjed, far fuperior to the influ- 

 ence of an obfcure individual, whofe recommenda- 

 tion would be but (lightly regarded. 



The beft time to infert fuch an advertifement, 

 will be about the middle of March; as then the bees 

 begin to work brifldy, and thereby the notice of 

 their owners would be engaged. 



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