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"During the early part of the breeding season," said Dr. 

 Bevan, ' ' till the beginning of May, I keep a constant supply of 

 salt and water near my apiary, and find it thronged with bees 

 from early morn till late in the evening. About this period 

 the quantity they consume is considerable, but afterwards they 

 seem indifferent to it. The eagerness they evince for it at one 

 period of the season, and their indifference at another, may 

 account for the opposite opinions entertained respecting it." 



