130 GLASS HIVES. 



llie beach along the shores of our bay renders, per- 

 haps, some assistance, by the salt which it affords ; 

 for I have often seen bees on the margin of the sea, 

 and understand, that they thrive well along the entire 

 of the northern coast, from Belfast to the Causeway. 

 The Cavehill, however, a mountain, which, at a dis- 

 tance of about three miles from town, rises to the 

 height of 1100 feet, holds out, on its heathery and 

 uncultivated sides, richer attractions : — 



" And oft, with bolder wing, they soaring dare 

 The purple heath, or where the wild thyme grows, 

 And yellow load them with the luscious spoil." 



Thomson'* Spring. 



A glass bell, placed upon the top of the bee-box, or 

 glass hive, for I know not which is the more proper 

 term, is soon filled with honey. The comb is remark- 

 able for its whiteness and transparency, and the 

 honey seems to be of the finest and purest kind. 

 Mr. Jackson's father has several glass hives of a 

 similar construction, at Waterford ; and has, on 

 different occasions, obtained two shilUngs and six- 

 pence a pound for a glass bell and its contained 

 honey. One bell produced, at this price, three 

 pounds seventeen shilhngs and six pence ; and 

 two others about three pounds thirteen shillings each, 

 having been purchased by a druggist in Bristol, as a 

 substitute for the celebrated honey of Narbonne. 



