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and others who imagines he has discovered a system 
or a hive by which to command an abundance, or an 
improved quality, of honey at pleasure. A favourable 
season may crown with suecess some cherished theory 
or mechanical device, to be followed in the next by 
disappointment; for he has little studied the natural 
habits of bees who believes they can be made at will 
to conform, under all circumstances, to any settled 
scheme of practice we may devise for them. The 
attempt has led to the Babel of contrarieties too fre- 
quently exhibited amongst apiarian professors, to the 
confusion of the novice; each deprecating everything 
except the mode of procedure he has found applic- 
able to his own case or district, and with which of 
course he is most familiar. In the words of Mr. 
Golding, ‘‘Let my readers repel the quackery which 
would have them believe that it was the kind of 
hive which commanded the honeyed store. No; that 
will be ruled by the productiveness of the season 
and the locality.’* Having taken the honey-bee 
under our especial protection, we are bound to pro- 
vide for its due preservation from the effects of 
climate, &c., and perhaps, in addition to the or- 
dinary attentions, the most that can be done with 
permanent advantage is to furnish our intelligent little 
workmen with a dwelling convenient in its form and 
arrangement for the intended purposes; bearing in 
mind, as a general rule, that these are best consulted 
by an attention to simplicity in its details. 
* These remar's are obviously intended to have but a limited appli- 
cation. Mr. Taylor himself is never slow toinveigh against a hive con- 
structed upon a wrong principle. 
