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has a door furnished with a strong lock, it will prevent the 

 losses which are so common, in some localities, from human 

 pilferers. A neighborhood, however, in which the stealing 

 of honey and fruit, is practiced by any except those who are 

 candidates for the felon's cell, is in a fair way of being 

 soon considered as a very undesirable place of residence. 



If owners of Apiaries, gardens and orchards, could be in- 

 duced to pursue a more liberal policy, and not be so meanly 

 penurious as they often are, I am persuaded that they would 

 find it conduce very highly to their interests. The honey 

 and fruit expended with a cheerful, hearty liberality, would 

 be more than repaid to them in the good will secured, and 

 in the end would be cheaper than bars and bolts. Eeader ! 

 do not imagine that I have the least idea that a thoroughly 

 selfish man, can ever be made to practice this or any other 

 doctrine of benevolence. Demonstrate it again and again, 

 until even to his narrow and contracted view, it seems almost 

 as clear as light, still he will never find the heart to reduce 

 it to practice. You might almost as well expect to trans- 

 form an incarnate fiend into an angel of light, by demon- 

 strating that " Wisdom's ways are ways of pleasantness," 

 as to attempt to stamp upon a heart encrusted with the 

 adamant of selfishness, the noble impress of a liberal 

 spirit. 



Of all the senses, that of smell in the bee, seems to be 

 the most perfect. Huber has demonstrated its exceeding 

 acuteness, by numerous interesting experiments. If honey 

 is placed in vessels from which the odor can escape, while 

 the honey cannot be seen, the bees will soon alight upon 

 them and eagerly attempt to find an entrance. It is by this 

 sense, unquestionably, that they recognize the members of 

 their own community, although it seems to us very singular 

 that each colony should have its own peculiar scent. Not 



