ON BEES AND HONEY. 59 



ON BEES AND HONEY. 



To this Committee were submitted two entries 

 made, one by Charles S. Tenne}^ and the other by 

 George Spofford, both of Georgetown, of bees and 

 honey raised by them in rooms in the roof of their 

 houses. 



Your Committee visited both of these places, exam- 

 ined the rooms, the hives and the various fixtures, and 

 are gratified to report that the experiment of disposing 

 of bees in this manner seems to have been made with 

 skill and attended with good success, and they are of the 

 opinion if a few persons in the various towns and villa- 

 ges would adopt this plan it would be the means of 

 greatly increasing the amount of honey produced in the 

 county, and thus add something to the general pros- 

 perity and personal gratification of the community. 

 We say a few persons in each toivn, because we appre- 

 hend for various reasons that a large number of such 

 establishments could not be sustained, unless there be 

 a resort to some means of increasing the resources from 

 which these industrious and saving creatures gather 

 their nectar. 



For the purpose of encouraging a commendable ef- 

 fort, and with the confidence that the gentlemen will, 

 with cheerfulness, exhibit their establishments, and give 

 all necessary information to those who wish to adopt 

 that way of raising honey, your Committee recommend 

 a gratuity of ^^4 to each. 



And they would take liberty to suggest to the offi- 

 cers of the Society the expediency of appointing a Com- 

 mittee, who should be requested to procure information 

 respecting the amount of honey raised within the 

 county, and to what extent this amount might with 

 profit be increased, and whether any enactments of the 

 State Legislature could be made which would encourage 

 a general attention to the subject, who should be re- 

 quested to report at the next annual meeting. 



For the Committee, 



G. B. PERRY. 



