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short life of the bee — Establishment of an apiary at 

 Brighton — Causes of its failure — The extent of the Wight 

 of, the bee, according to the encyclopedists, determined by 

 the colour of the farina — Experiment to determine the 

 night of the bee — Visit to the Isle of Bas — Bees found on 

 the island — Extraordinary power of instinct in the bee — 

 Opinion of L'Abbe della Rocca — Erroneous opinion of Dr. 

 Chambers and Mr. Hunter — Travelling apiaries of Ger- 

 many — Errors in the calculation of a German mile — Opi- 

 nion of Huber — An apiary not to be supported by artificial 

 means — Cultivated flowers of little use to the bee— The 

 particular produce of a country to be studied by every 

 keeper of bees — Number of hives which any given tract 

 of country can maintain — Danger of overstocking a country 

 — Average number of hives of the English apiaries — Ex- 

 tensive apiary at Cobham, in Kent — Eccentric conduct of 

 the proprietor — Extent of the number of hives to be kept 

 in any apiary— Opinion of M. La Grenee — The same re- 

 futed — Analogy between cattle and hives of bees 41!) 



CHAPTER XX1TI. 



THE BEE-MASTER'S MONTHLY MANUAL. 

 Page 430. 



CHAPTER XXIV. 



GENERAL MAXIMS TO BE OBSERVED BY EVERY KEEPER 

 OF BEES. 

 Page 445. 



CHAPTER XXV. 



A COMPARATIVE EXHIBIT OF THE SYSTEMS OF HUBER 

 AND HUISH. 



Page 451. 



