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held in this garden; and it is generally frequented by young 
men intended for the clerical life, who are obliged to attend 
that they may be able to impart their knowledge to their 
future parishioners. A regular journal is kept of the pro- 
ceedings of the establishment, which is open to the inspec- 
tion of every one. 
“There is a ‘ Patriotic Apiarian Society of Bavaria,’ 
which is a most laudable institution, and its laws ought to 
be translated into the language of every country where bees 
are known. It is not permitted for a peasant to have his 
own apiary, but a particularly favorable spot is pointed out 
by the Society, in which the different proprietors deposit 
their hives. This place is under the management of a skill- 
ful apiarian, appointed by the Society; and it is ordained 
that no more than one hundred and fifty hives shall be kept 
in one place, and each establishment must be four miles dis- 
tant. A trifling tax is levied upon each hive not belonging 
to the Society ; and thus the peasant looks forward, at the 
end of the year, to a certain profit, with a very slight out- 
lay, and without any demand upon his time or labor. 
Should a poor peasant wish to become the proprietor of one 
or more hives, he applies to the Society, who immediately 
accede to his wishes, and an annual deduction is made from 
his profits until the Society is repaid the value of the hives 
it has bestowed.” 
In many parts of Germany the peasants receive from the 
Government a florin for every hive which they rear during 
the season, and, to prevent their killing the bees, the florin 
is not paid until the spring, at which time it would be of no 
advantage to the proprietor to destroy his bees. So in this 
country the foundation of an independent Apiarian Society 
in each State, or, at least, its particular encouragement by 
the different Agricultural Societies, would greatly tend to 
the promotion of this interesting and useful branch of in- 
dustry. 
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