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instance which afforded me very satisfactory proof of his 
correctness, was on an occasion, when I set my bees from 
the cellar on the 3d and 4th days of May, after they had 
been housed since November 17th, in a dry and well-ven- 
tilated room, and kept exceedingly quiet, during the 
entire period. When set upon their summer stands, the 
bees were in so nearly a dormant condition, that they 
were slowly aroused ; the weather being quite warm, the 
usual voiding of feces in a liquid state did not take 
place, and clean, new roofs were not soiled in the least. 
CHAPTER XVIII. 
HONEY. 
The careful Bible reader cannot fail to be impressed. 
with the prominence of honey as an article of food in all 
early times. Indeed, it seems to have been an element in 
sacred rites, and to have been held in especial esteem 
through all the primitive ages. It would appear that 
in the estimation of moderns, honey and its uses have 
lost much of their ancient reputation. At the present 
day, honey is generally considered as merely a luxury, 
without any special, nutritive, or medicinal value. 
USES AS FOOD AND MEDICINE. 
There is a growing interest, however, in these particu- 
lars, and I anticipate a period not far distant, when its 
value will be more fully recognized. In his little pam- 
phlet on ‘Honey as Food and Medicine,” Thos. G. 
Newman gives us much information on this topic. 
Honey is not only desirable when combined with our 
food, but is regarded by many as useful in some forms of 
