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them to competent persons. The business of the gardener 

 seems naturally associated with that of the Apiarian ; and 

 practical gardeners may find the management of bees, for 

 their employers, quite a lucrative part of their profession. 

 With but little trouble, they can make new colonies, re- 

 move the surplus honey, and on the approach of Winter 

 prepare the bees to resist its rigors. 



