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honey." From some observations afterwards made 

 by Mr. Huish upon the labours of his own Bees, he 

 ascertained that they often went to a distant field, two 

 miles, in quest of honey, and that the velocity of their 

 flight was about a mile in two minutes. 



I shall here omit Mr. Huish's Monthly Manual, as 

 it contains nothing but what has been noticed in the 

 course of these remarks, and would be only an use- 

 less repetition. His catalogue of plants which fur- 

 nish food for Bees, cannot be of sufficient importance 

 to render it necessary to swell the expense of this 

 work. His remarks upon the utility of Apiarian So- 

 cieties, must be apparent to every person who reads 

 this work, without the necessity of a particular chapter 

 to illustrate it. The profits which have been fairly 

 demonstrated by Mr. Huish upon the culture of the 

 Bee, must be sufficiently striking to impress every 

 candid mind with the value and utility of both the 

 science and practice, and to induce every careful 

 farmer to add the profits of the Bee to the profits of 

 his farm, as well as to furnish his family and friends 

 with one of the richest luxuries of nature. I shall 

 close these extracts with Mr. Huish's chapter on 

 Mead- 



CHAP. XXVIII. 



Manufacture of Mead. 



Mead is a beverage prepared of water and honey; 

 There are three distinct kinds of Mead, the simple, 

 the compound, and the vinous. Simple Mead is made 

 of water and honey which does not undergo fermen- 

 tation. ^ Compound Mead is mixed with fruits and es- 

 sences, in order to give it a flavour. Vinous Mead 

 is made of honey and water, which is subject to fer- 

 mentation. Simple Mead is made by boiling thre* 

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