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grower and beekeeper. To one who has heard the incessant 

 hum and medley of song of the honeybee flitting among the 

 blossoms of the linden tree on a July day no description by 

 pen or spoken word is adequate. 



As a final word, the testimony of farmers in the vicinity 

 of the writer's apiary is convincing even to the most skeptical 

 as to the value of bees. This testimony has always been 

 favorable and given without solicitation. There was but one 

 answer to a physician who inquired the reason for the 

 abundance of fruits in the orchards and occasional fruit trees 

 in the vicinity of the writer's apiary, while in more remote 

 sections of the town there was a noticeable scarcity of fruit. 

 The favored district profited by the faithful work of the 

 writer's honevbees. 



