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about one-twelfth part only.' But, unfortunately, it does 

 not candy or crystallise like good honey. If the bees eat 

 the liquid black stuff at this duU season of the year, and 

 leave the beautiful crystallised honey untouched, it is to be 

 feared that their ranlcs will be much thinned during the 

 winter months ; for we know that the mortality of bees 

 fed on the best of' heather-honey is greater than that of 

 those fed on the honey of fruit-trees and white clover. 



Honey-dew is a great nuisance to bee-keepers whose aim 

 is profit. It is a great pity that bees touch it at all. 



