THE APIARY 



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BEES, BEE-HIVES, & BEE-CULTURE. 



fcHERE are two classes of persons for whom 

 bee-culture should have a strong interest, and 

 two distinct purposes for which the pursuit may be 

 followed. First, there is the cottager or small farmer, 

 who, in thousands of instances, might add considerably 

 to his income by bee-keeping ; and, secondly, there is the 

 man of "retired leisure" and refinement, who, in the 

 personal tendance of an apiary, would find an easy and 

 interesting occupation, and one which could not fail to 

 quicken his faculties of general scientific observation. 

 Moreover, in contemplating the wonderful skill, industry, 

 and prevision of his insect-artizans, the bee-keeper would 

 find in his apiary constant illustrations of creative 

 wisdom. 



Amongst the humbler classes in the rural districts, the 

 neglect of bee-keeping is to be attributed to an exag- 



