238 SEE s. 



BEES. 



THIS MAY be called a Bee-country ; 

 cfpecially the Morelands and the northern 

 margin of the Vale ; where great numbers of 

 bees have been ufually kept ; and great 

 quantities of honey collected ; chiefly from 

 the flowers of the heath ; which afford an a- 

 bundant fupply ; but the produce is of an in- 

 ferior quality -, brown and ftrongly flavoured. 



In hives fitnated between the heaths and the 

 cultivated country, a ftriking contraft is ob- 

 fervable between the fpring and the autum- 

 nal combs. The former gathered wholly 

 from the meadows, pafture-lands, trees, and 

 cultivated crops ; the latter entirely from the 

 flowers of the heath ; none of the fpecies of 

 which begin to blow until late in the furr.mer. 



The 



