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fine. Now, if their food was at home, they 

 would readily go out and fetch what they 

 want ; but when at a great diilance, it is im- 

 pofTible. 



• Every thing that is fweet to the fmell is 

 found to be what they delight in, fuch as 

 mignionctte, lavender, and every fweet flower 

 you can think of. Where bees are kcpc a gar- 

 den of flowers becomes of great value. Indeed, 

 the management of bees would be an amufe- 

 ment to many hundreds of people who are at 

 a lofs to know how to fpend their time^ for 

 the management of the garden, by raifincr 

 fiovv^ers of the mod early and latefl; kind, ga- 

 thering the feeds, and fowing, planting, and 

 tranfplanting, &c. would make the employ- 

 ment continual, like the management of a 

 farm. Then how delightful it is to fee thefc 

 induftrious creatures at work ; which you may 

 eafily do by having a flat-topped hive, with a 

 fjider ! As the bees always fill the upper part 

 of the hive firll ; if you draw the Aider, and kt 

 a glafs over the opening, you may keep takino* 

 away honey by fmaii quantities, until fuch 

 time as it is neceilary that the bees begin to 



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