192 ON HONEY. 



CHAP. XXV. 



CHARACTERISTIC OBSERVATIONS ON HONEY. 



ONEY varies in quality, according to 

 the nature of the flowers from which it is 

 gathered. 



That from aromatic plants is the beft. 

 But often, through very bad weather, the 

 bees are neceffitated to colled!: from flowers 

 of very ordinary and difagreeable qualities ; 

 caufing the honey of particular fituations to 

 be bad, while in other counties at the fame 

 time (the weather having been more favour- 

 able) the honey was of a very fuperior de- 

 gree of excellence. 



Virgin combs are fuppofed to contain 

 none but honey of the fineft quality ; yet, 

 if the above principle be true, fuch may be 

 ordinary. All combs taken from swarms 

 are commonly efteemed virgin: but this is an 

 error, if by virgin is meant the pureft and 

 1 beft. 



