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the bee-keeper places a hive upon the scales, 

 and it occasionally registers five or six pounds 

 in a single day, but this is much above the 

 average. 



There are many kinds of honey, varying 

 according to the flora of the vicinity in which 

 the bees are kept. Goldenrod, basswood, 

 white clover and buckwheat are among the 

 best known. Alfalfa is also a great honey 

 plant, and the flow from this source is great 

 and bee-keeping in the alfalfa country is most 

 lucrative. 



There is no subject in the entire range of 

 natural history more fascinating than that of 

 bee study with the possible exception of the 

 ants, who are about as much of a mystery to 

 man as are the bees. 



It is a biting satire upon the wisdom and 

 ingenuity of men, that long before God 

 placed Adam and Eve in the garden of Eden 

 the bees and the ants had perfected man's 

 two principal forms of government, upon 

 which he is still laboring, namely, the kingdom 

 and the republic. 



