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the practice is almost universal. One instance is thus 

 stated by a friend.* " About five miles from Edin- 

 burgh, at the foot of one of the Pentland hills, stands 

 Logan-house, supposed the former residence of Sir 

 W. Worthy, celebrated by Allan Ramsay in his 

 Gentle Shepherd. This house is now occupied by a 

 shepherd, who, during July and August, receives 

 about 100 bee-hives from his neighbours beyond the 

 hills, that their bees may gather the honey from the 

 luxuriant blossoms of the mountain heather." 



The exact period when transportation is to be had 

 recourse to, must be regulated by the localities, and 

 by the temperature of the season. But in general, 

 the Bee-master will act safely if he adopt the decay 

 of the white clover as the signal of removal. At that 

 period, the heath is coming into bloom, and soon 

 presents a rich fund of sweets to the eager collectors. 

 By transporting them thither, a double harvest may 

 be reaped. In the autumn of 1828, we took nearly the 

 whole stores from a few hives, before transporting 

 them to the moors ; and on bringing them back, after 

 an absence of about three weeks, they had acquired 

 at an average ten ibs. of honey each. Double this 

 quantity in the same period of time, if the weather 

 is dry and sunny, is by no means uncommon, as the 

 fruit of transportation. But much depends on the 

 season ; and the rains so often prevailing in August 

 and September, frequently disappoint the expectations 

 of the owner. In 1829, during the autumn of which 

 * Dr. Sevan. 



