286 REMEDIES STORING TO CLARIFY HONEY. 



makes bees lazy ; on the contrary, it raises their 

 spirits, and induces the queen to commence the lay- 

 ing of her eggs much sooner than she otherwise 

 would do. 



The chief DISEASES of bees, generally arising 

 from damps, cold, or poverty, and occasionally from 

 the excessive heat of the sun, when shelter is neces- 

 sary for the hive are dysentery, or looseness, tor- 

 por, falling in flight from vertigo, or giddiness, lice. 

 Care and good feeding seem to be the only reme- 

 dies, on which much dependence can be placed. 

 Good old red port mixed with honey, and toast 

 soaked in old beer sweetened with honey or coarse 

 sugar, are the chief specifics in repute. 



Keepers of bees should always have at hand pure 

 olive oil as a remedy for the STING of those insects, 

 to be dropped instantly on the wound : or Venice 

 treacle, which some mix with oil. The juice of 

 onions and salt mixed, are also used for the same 

 purpose. 



To STORE, or preserve honey, the vessels or jars 

 in which it is kept, should be well and tightly co- 

 vered or corked, and the store-room be quite dry, 

 as honey imbibes damps, by which it is deteriorated 

 in quality, and in the end turns sour. Honey is 

 often adulterated with flour and similar substances, 

 to increase its weight. 



To clarify honey, place the vessel containing the 

 honey in hot water, and take off the scum as long 

 as any arise, afterwards stop close. 



METHEGLIN, or MEAD. The once common drink 

 of this name, was a mere unfermented mixture of 



