X56 HONEY DEWS. 



are refle&ed from clouds. It is not always 

 found in the feveral fpecies at one time, 

 perhaps only on one in particular. 



This fubftance is as tranfparent and as 

 fweet as honey 5 in fa£t, it is honey. At 

 times it refembles little globules ; but more 

 often appears on the leaves like a fyrup, and 

 moftly in the old ones. 



The season of its ufual appearance is 

 from the middle of June to the middle of 

 July ; but varies in different counties, and 

 according as the weather is more or lefs fa- 

 vourable. In fome years there is none at all. 

 In general, when fruit is backward, fo are 

 honey dews ; even fo late as harveft. There 

 have been inftances of honey dews two 

 months later than the ufual time, owing* to 

 the wetnefs of the fummer, and then but fmall 

 in quantity. The flocks, when taken, were 

 light, and thofe left moftly died of famine in 

 the winter; except in the heath coun- 

 tries, which blowing late, furnifhed honey 

 that was but very ordinary, and barely ade- 

 quate to their winter's wants. 



When a honey dew is produced, the ac- 

 tivity of the bees is violent and unremitting : 



o they 



