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bridge W^ls have awakened so mudx ioterest. in this 

 pleasing^ pursuit, also canumssioned us to exhibit a 

 "super," pEoduced under his own management in that 

 loccdity. Mr; S. B. Fox, at Exeter,, had, upwards, of 

 400 lbs; ofhon^, of excellent. quaJity, though one of his 

 apiaries is quite within the oity. 



The- last has. been an excellent Jioney^-yielding season; 

 our own hees^ at Dorking,. Surrey, have produced us 

 large quantities, and tires accounts^ fham nearly aJl parts 

 of the country coincide in stating that the bees.have, . in 

 the years 1864 and: 1^65-, enjoyed unusual opportunities: 

 for accumulation; In not; a few localities,, the season of 

 186.3 was even more abundant. 



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Bees, have few enemies more formidable, than wasps. 

 The most effectual method of checking their invasion, ot 

 hives is to have, as narrow an entrance, as the bees can 

 do with. If a stock b& not, very weak in numbers, the 

 bees will be well able to. guard a small aperture, and can 

 repel the attacks of those insidious, and merciless rob- 

 bers. On this account, the; entrance to our cottagerhlve, 

 as described at page 74, may be used; 



The bee»keeper is interested in preventing the increase: 

 of wasps; it is,, therefore, a good practice for him to 

 set a price on queen-wasps in the. spring the death of 

 one of them at that time being equivalent to the destruc- 

 tion of a whole nest. 



