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However bad it may seem, there is almost certain to be 

 one or two fair weather spells of a few day's duration, 

 when by a careful amalgamation of forces, fairly good 

 returns may be secured ; and, even in uncertain weather, 

 stocks in good heart, placed close to any heavy crop, are 

 almost sure to do well, and repay any trouble taken in 

 moving them to such pastures. 



The chapter on the Production of Wax may be studied 

 to advantage ; while the chapter on Plumping, and other 

 methods given herein, will show how a stock of good 

 combs may be secured at a considerable profit to the 

 bee-keeper. 



The Cultivation of Fruit 



will be a great advantage, and will pay both ways, if 

 close at hand ; and where it is convenient to grow large 

 flowering fields crops, with due thought for the bees, as 

 well as profit on hay or seeds, a failure in the honey 

 returns will seldom be known. 



