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entirely, of the let-alone system just described, 
terminating with the concomitant horrors of the 
brimstone pit and the garnering of a mess of in- 
describable components, by courtesy called honey. 
This honey was extracted from the brood combs 
by means of a press or the aid of fire. 
The honey of to-day bears no resemblance, I 
am thankful to say, to the honey of our grand- 
sires, while our modern systems are alike bene- 
ficial to bee-keeper and to bee. 
