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haps some loss to the grape grower. Even if the skins of his grapes are 

 cracked, or have been pierced by wasps or birds, the grape grower may not 

 wish them sucked dry; or if he does not care for the loss of the cracked grapes, 

 the presence of the bees is a great annoyance in gathering the fruit. Bee- 

 keepers should noc ignore this, neither should the grape growers forget that the 

 bees are their best friends, inasmuch as they fertilize the blossoms, and thereby 

 produce the fruit. In the spring, when there are but few insects to fertilize the 

 blossoms, the bees are very valuable. Both bee-keepers and fruit growers 

 should learn to bear and forbear. If I understand the matter, the injury and 

 annoyance that grape growers suffer from bees is often of short duration, only 

 lasting a few days, aud, if all parties would exhibit a neighborly spirit, it is 

 probable that the bees might be shut in their hives for a few days, with no 

 great loss to the bee-keeper, as bees never frequent cider mills, nor suck the 

 juices from fruit, unless there is a dearth of honey, and the loss of honey 

 would not be great. If the weather is warm, the hives would probably 

 require a great amount of ventilation. 



But let us suppose that bees do injure grapes, or other fruits, and that the bee- 

 keeper cannot, or will not keep his bees at home, can the fruit grower, in jus- 

 tice, ask the bee-keeper to pay damages, or to move his bees away? It may 

 help us to turn the telescope, and look through it from the other end. Let 

 us suppose that the juices of fruits were injurious to bees, that when stored and 

 used for winter food, it led to disease among bees. Could not bee-keepers then, 

 as consistently, complain if a vineyard was started near them, as fruit grow- 

 ers can now complain when an apiary is brought into their neighborhood? 



Bees have existed as long as have fruits, and the keeping of one is as legiti- 

 mate and recognized a business as the raising of the other; and if there are 

 times when the two industries clash, it is doubtful if the difficulties can be set- 

 tled by legal proceedings. In my own opinion, however, there is a moral law 

 that is applicable to the case. I have reference to priority of location. If 

 bees are the cause of loss and annoyance to a grape grower, and this loss or 

 annoyance is not counterbalanced by the benefits derived from the bees, then 

 the man who knows this, and plants a vineyard in the vicinity of an apiary is 

 morally bound not to complain of the depredation of the bees, while the bee- 

 keeper who brings an apiary into a grape-growing district should feel himself 

 'morally bound to keep *his bees from aunoyiug his grape-growing neighbors. 



Afternoon Session. 

 The first paper of the afternoon was upon 



MAKING WALKS AND DRIVES. 



15Y DE. WOODLAND OWEN, ADRIAN, MICHIGAN. 



One of the leading and attractive features about a home, whether it be of 

 costly and magnificent proportions, or whether it be smaller or unpretentious 

 in its appearance, is its well-kept lawn, with its walks and drives, sharply de- 

 fined by the green carpet in which both are cut. These walks and drives 



