42. NORFOLK. 3^3 



42. 



BEES. 



A CONSIDERABLE quantity of hone^^ 

 Is colledlcd In Norfolk ; but, In general, it I5 

 of an Inferior quality : owing, as it is gene- 

 rally believed, to the quantity of buck which 

 is annually grown in this country, and which 

 is highly grateful to bees j affording them an 

 ample fupply of honey. 



It does not, however, appear clear to me, 

 that the inferior quality of the Norfolk honey 

 is owing to its being collected from this plant. 

 It rcfembles, in colour and fmell, the honey of 

 the north of England, colledted froni the 

 heaths, moors, and fells, which abound In 

 that part of the ifland : and It appears to me 

 probable, that the brownnefs and ranknefs of 

 the Norfolk honey is owing to the fame caufe ; 

 namely, heath ; — which not only abounds on 

 the little heathy wafics, which occur In ai- 

 moft every part of the county ; but feems to 

 be a natural production of the foil in p-eneral : 



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