ON HONEY. I95 



For fieves exclude only the groffer parts ; 

 but the fluids of the maggots and dead bees* 

 with many other impure particles, remain 

 intimately incorporated with the honey. 

 By this unfkilful management a very valu- 

 able and falutary article of diet and medi- 

 cine has been rendered difgufting and in- 

 elegant* 



With fubmiffionj I would recommend to 

 the nobility and gentry to purchafe none 

 but combs of honey, to be drained at home; 

 Sophistications and impurities would then 

 be avoided, and fueh combs might be fe- 

 le£ted as aire fine, or according to their own 

 fancy* Were this condition injtfied uJ)on, 

 the markets would foon abound with combs 

 of honey inftead of pots. This introduction 

 offuch a cuftom mufl: depend on the patron- 

 age of the gentry ; without which fo ufeful 

 an improvement will not be likely to take 

 root* 



Doubtlefs the pride muft be regulated ac- 

 cording to the quality of the combs, as in 

 fugar and other articles. 



Another benefit may arife from it, the 

 promoting of the improve? manage- 



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