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fuch as rape fird, clover next, then beans, and 

 buck-wheat lad. My reafon for particularly 

 remarking this is: A gentleman of veracity, 

 who had a great number of bees, told me 

 that he obferved them to leave their home early 

 in the morning, anc3 not to be feen all day. 

 It was in the tim.e of beans being in bloflbm. 

 There was a large field of beans many miles 

 from him ; and remembering bees to be in 

 great numbers in bean-fields, it druck him he 

 would dredge them with fiour as they came 

 out of the hive. He did fo, and rode to this 

 bean- field, and there difcovered a number of 

 his bees. Now, it is eafy to conceive, that to 

 thefe induftrious creatures, which fpend no 

 time in idlenefs, it muft make a very efTencial 

 difference in the gathering of the honey, wax, 

 &:c, to be able to f^y only once a day many 

 miles, inftead of having the neccfTary materi- 

 als at their door. What numberlels misfor- 

 tunes may happen to them, when returning 

 home heavy laden, from heavy (bowers of 

 rain, from hail, high winds, &c. which are 

 very deftru6live to thoufands of them ! The 

 OAC part of the day may be rainy, the other 



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