40 HIVES. 



things is the result of a thousand various causes ; the 

 most powerful is interest, or prejudice. 



It is said that in Europe, the same ingenuity is dis- 

 played in twisting and torturing the bee, to adapt her 

 natural instinct to unnatural tenements; tenements 

 invented not because the bee needs them, but because 

 this is a means available for a little change. "Patent 

 men " have found the people generally too ignorant of 

 apiarian science. But let us hope that their days of 

 prosDerity in this line are about numbered. 



INSTINCTS OF THE BEE ALWAYS THE SAME. 



Let US fully understand that the nature of the bee, 

 when viewed under any condition, climate, or circum- 

 stance, is the same. Instincts first implanted by the 

 hand of the Creator, have passed through millions of 

 generations, unimpaired, to the present day, and will 

 continue unchanged through all future time, till the 

 last bee passes from the earth. We may, we have, 

 to gratify acquisitiveness, forced them to labor under 

 every disadvantage; yes, we have compelled them to 

 sacrifice their industry, prosperity, and even their 

 lives have been yielded, but never their instincts. 

 We may destroy life, but cannot improve or take 

 from their nature. The laws that govern them are 

 fixed and immutable as the Universe. 



Spring returns to its annual task ; dissolves the 

 frost, warms -into life nature's dormant powers. 

 Flowers with a smile of joy, expand their delicate 

 petals in grateful thanks, while the stamens sustain 

 upon their tapering points the anthers covered with 



