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but a wasp is prettier tLan either. Why then give £5 or 

 £6 for a swarm of Ligurians ? We cannot answer this 

 question. If a gentleman sets his heart on possessing a 

 stock of such bees, let him have it by all means. The 

 gratification and satisfaction arising therefrom may be 

 more than an ample return for all the money he paid for 

 it. At first these bees were by some honestly considered 

 superior to our common bees. The reader wUl, we hope, 

 see that our object in making these remarks is to guard 

 him against representations that might mislead him, that 

 might induce him to pay a large sum for Ligurian bees, 

 which are not a whit better than those he may already 

 possess. 



