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all they collect in rearing their brood, &d. Thus it ap- 

 pears in some sections six or eight weeks is about all 

 the time they have to provide for wihter. 



GARDEN FLOWERS UNIMPORTANT. 



In passing along I have not mentioned garden flow- 

 ers, because the amount obtained here is a small item, 

 compared to the forest and fields — especially ornamen- 

 tal flowers. It is true that the Hollyhock, {Altha Bo- 

 sea^ Mallows, {Malva SotundifoUa,) and many others 

 yield honey, but what does it amount to ? A person 

 expecting his hives to be filled from such a source 

 would very likely be disappointed, especially when 

 many are kept together. 



HONET-DEW. 



Honey-dew is said to, be a source from whence large 

 collections are made in some places. When or where 

 it appears or disappears is more than I can tell. I 

 have seen the accounts of it, but accounts I. have learn- 

 ed to doubt until I find something corroborative in my 

 own experience. I find too many errors copied 

 merely because they happen to be in company with 

 several truths. Huber "discovered many important 

 truths, and has given them to the world ; too many 

 writers take it for granted when two points of his are 

 true, the third must be also. It is no proof thai there 

 . is no such article merely because I never discovered 

 it. In the many fruitless endeavors that I have made 

 to get a view of this substance, it may be I have lack- 

 ed close observation ; or possibly there is none show> 

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