18 Pafturage of Bees. 
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dry ; which will occafion them to be either 
fooner or later. The hotteft and drieft fam- 
mers produce the largeft and moft frequent 
honey dews. In cold and wet feafons, few 
< or none of them are to be feen. 
“¢ Whenever a honey dew 1s found, the bees 
are fo extremely eager to fetch it, that they 
quit all other work, that their returns may be 
the quicker and more numerous ; and left a 
gloomy change fhould deprive them of the 
‘precious prize. No harveft {wain, dreading 
impending ftorms, can be more anxious or 
expeditious, in haftening the houfing of his 
crops, than thefe aerial tribes in this their 
delightful office ; fo much fo, that thronging 
in too great numbers at the door, they 
joftle and tumble each other down. And 
{marting woe to thofe who fhall thoughtlefs- 
ly ftand in their way at this important cri- 
fis! Their joy on thefe occafions, is ex- 
preffed in fuch inceflant and loud notes, as 
to be heard at a great diftance. By thefe to- 
kens it may be known, that there ‘isa honey. 
dew, without feeing the trees from which 
they gather it.” | 
A friend informed me, that he has often 
difcovered both bees and ants upon the oak 
leaves 
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