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weighed previously to deprivation — The weight not al- 

 ways the criterion of the quantity of honey— Comparative 

 weight of cells filled with bee bread or with honey— Weight 

 of honey to be taken from a hive in summer or winter — 

 The process of deprivation always to be performed in the 

 evening — Method of deprivation — The sticks placed in a 

 hive the chief obstacle to deprivation — Their omission 

 strongly recommended — Precautions to be used on re- 

 turning the hive to the pedestal — Method of deprivation 

 without smoke — Its danger and tediousness — Deprivation 

 in the Huish hive — Instructions for restoring the bees to 

 the hive — Deprivation by placing small hives over the 

 large ones — Two seasons of deprivation — Spring depriva- 

 tion recommended — Supposed to prevent the bees from 

 swarming— Error of that supposition — A hive not to be 

 deprived on both sides — Method of deprivation according 

 to Varro and Columella — Suffocation generally adopted in 

 this country — Suffocation strongly advocated by M. La 

 Grene'e — Exposition of his system — Calculation of the pro- 

 duce obtained by suffocation and deprivation — Quantity of 

 honey obtained by deprivation (note) — Deprivation pre- 

 ferable to suffocation 358 



CHAPTER, XVIII. 



ON THE NATURE OF HONEY, AND THE METHOD OF COL- 

 LECTING IT BY THE BEES ITS NATIONAL AND 



DOMESTIC ADVANTAGES. 



Character of honey according to the ancients — Longevity as- 

 cribed to honey — Characteristic qualities of honey— Dif- 

 ferent kinds of honey — Two species of honey in nature — 

 The honey dew— Opinions of Ducarne and Boissier de 

 Sauvages respecting honey dew— Opinion of Mr. Knight- 

 Discussion of the question of the fall of the honey dew 



Honey elaborated in the stomach of the bee — Its wonder- 

 ful power— Manipulation of honey— Adjustment and pre- 

 paration of the utensils— The press not used in this country 

 —Purer honey obtained by manual labour than by the 

 press— Construction of a sieve— Glazed earthen vessels the 

 best adapted for honey— Method of cutting the combs— 

 Particular examination of the combs recommended— The 

 combs to be cut horizontally Heat necessary to accelerate 

 the flownig of the honey-The combs to be placed in the 

 sun or before the fire-The latter to be preferred-Method 

 of obtaining the second or inferior kind o hLf-The 

 utensils employed m the manipulation of honey to be nut 

 in the vicinity of the a P iary_P articular Xntion to Te 



