Honey and Honep-Dew. 124 
corrupted by its admixture with the mists 
of earth.” 
We know that it is not the perspiration 
of the sky, nor the saliva of the stars, but 
just the work of the little aphides. 
There are many people still living who 
think the honey-dew goes up as a sort 
of mist from the earth, and falls again as 
a sweet dew on the leaves. 
Bees like the honey-dew very much, 
and I have eaten honey made from it, but 
I must confess | did not like it. 
Some honey-dew is said to make very 
good honey, but I prefer to have the bees 
bring my honey from the flowers. 
