ixiv CONTENTS. 



Flowers in Relation to 'S,^-&i.— Continued. 



PAOS 



Bees the Handmaidens of Natinc to the end in view— The 

 Use of Honey to the Flowers as an Attraction to Bees and 

 other Insects— The Colours of Flowers attract Insects — 

 Flowers fertilised by the Wind are Colourless— The subject 

 full of Lessons of Divine Truth. 



CHAPTER XLI. 

 The Importance of Bee-keeping 186 



Except in a few Localities almost any Number of Bees may be 

 Vept with Profit — Bee-keeping abroad and in America 

 practised on an extensive Scale— A great Waste in England 

 of Nature's Gifts— Honey everywhere : Bees required to 

 gather it — Considerable Profit available for Cottagers — 

 Bees required for the profitable Culture of Orchard Trees,, 

 and for Garden and Field Crops — 'Welcome to the Bee.' 



CHAPTER XLII. 

 Superstitions with regard to Bees . . . .191 



How Superstitions become prevalent — Bees must be bought 

 with Gold — A Cornish Superstition — 'Tanging :' its pos- 

 sible use in former Times — Bees in Mourning — Story by 

 Rev. G. Raynor. 



CHAPTER XLIII. 

 Bee-keepers' Associations and Shows . . . 195 



Bee-keeping Literature — Associations : their Object and Work 

 — A County Show — The Gathering of Exhibitors — 

 Success or Failure — The Bee- tent — Conclusion. 



