Fig. 85. -Oblique piece to elevate 

 a village hive. 



Fig. 86. The bee-dress. 



THE BEE. 



CHAPTER VII. 



188. Apiculture. 189. Suitable localities and pasturage. 190. The 

 Apiary. 191. Out-door Apiary. 192. Bee-house. 193. Cabinet 

 bee-houses. 194. Form and material of hives. 195. Village hive. 

 196. English hive. 197. Various forms of hives. 198. Various 

 forms of bee-boxes. 199. Bee-dress and other accessories of apicul- 

 ture. 200. Purchase of hives. 201. Honey harvest. 202. Honey 

 and wax important articles of commerce. 203. Various sorts of wild 

 honey. 204. Periodical migration of bees. 205. Poisoned honey. 

 206. Maladies of bees. 207. Curious case of abortive brood. 

 208. Superstition of bee cultivators. 209. Enemies of bees. 210. 

 Attacks of bees when provoked. 211. Anecdote of Mungo Park. 

 212. Anecdote of Thorley. 213. Bee wars. 214. Curious case of a 

 battle. 



188. APICULTURE is the name given to the art by which the 

 products of the industry of the bee are augmented in quantity, 

 improved in quality, and rendered subservient to the uses of man. 



189. The most favourable localities for the practice of apicul- 

 ture are of course those of which the climate is suitable to the 

 habits and character of the insect, and which most abound in those 

 vegetable productions on which it loves to feed. Among these 

 the principal are saintfoin, Dutch clover (trifolium repens), buck- 

 wheat, rape, honeysuckle, clover (trifolium pratense), and yellow 

 trefoil (medicago lupulina). According to Dr. Bevan, the earliest 



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