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"Such was the spell swhich, round a Wildman's asm, 

 Twined in dark wr£aths the fascinated swarm ; 

 Bright o'er his breast the glittering legions led. 

 Or with a living garland 'bound his head. 

 His dextrpus hand, with firm, yet hurtless hold. 

 Could seize the chief, .known by her scales toi gold. 

 Prune, 'mid the wondering train, her filmy wing, 

 Or o'er her folds the silken fetter fling." 



To recur to our subject. After the days ofWildman, 

 our own establishment in Holbom became widely known 

 ibr bee-hives and honey. Although we never attempted 

 ■to start a London apiary at all approaching in extent 

 that of our predecessor, we have occasionally kept bees 

 on the house-top, both in Holbom and Regent Street. 

 At each of those situalions, we have noticed that the bees 

 bring "pollen" as well as honey into their hives. Last 

 summer, there was brought under our notice an illus- 

 tration of the acuteness of the scent flf bees and of 

 their diligent search for food, proving, too, that if sweets 

 can be obtained even from unusual sources, the bees 

 will find them .out. A poor woman, who, at the comer 

 of an adjacent street, vends " brandy balls, " "toffee," 

 "rock," and other saccharine compounds — all well 

 known to and appreciated by most juveniles, — used to 

 receive fi-equent visits from our bees. Their visits to the 

 old dame's domain were at first rather interesting, and 

 if the few pioneers who had the sagacity to=find such a 

 store had -kept the secret only to themselves, their com- 



