S74 CONCLUSION. 



not qualified for the charge. The careless, inattentive 

 man, who leaves his bees unnoticed from October 

 till May, will be likely to comolain of ill success. 



Wlioever cannot find time to give his bees the 

 needed care, but can spend an hour each day obtain- 

 ing gossip at the neighborhood tavern, is unfit for 

 this business. But he who has a home, and finds his 

 affections beginning to be divided between that and 

 his companions of the bar-room, and wishes to with- 

 draw his interest from unprofitable associates, and yet 

 has nothing of sufficient power to break the bond, to 

 what can he apply with a better prospect of success, 

 than to engage in keeping bees ? They make ample 

 returns for each little care. Pecuniary advantages 

 are not all that may be gained — a great many points 

 concerning their natural history are yet in the dark, 

 and many are disputed. "Would it not be a source of 

 satisfaction to be able to contribute a few more facts 

 to this interesting subject, adding to the science, and 

 holding a share in the general fund ? Supposing all 

 the mysteries pertaining to their economy discovered 

 and elucidated, precluding all chance of further ad- 

 ditions, would the study be dry and monotonous? 

 On the contrary, the verification witnessed by our. 

 selves would be so fascinating and instructive, that we 

 cannot avoid pitying the condition of that man who 

 finds gratification only in the gross and sensual. It 

 has been remarked, that " he who cannot find in this 

 and other branches of natural history a salutary exer- 

 cise for his mental faculties, inducing a habit of ob- 

 servation and reflection, a pleasure so easily obtained, 



