le. aia 
of Bee-hives in Scotland. Al 
that the quantity of honey and wax would be 
increafed to fuch.an extent, as to produce the 
greatett advantages to the nation at large, as 
well as to the private proprietors of the hives 
All the money fent to foreign markets for thefe 
commodities ‘would be kept at home; which 
would be a faving of perhaps not lefs than 
50,000]. a-year. And honey would be pro- 
duced in fuch abundance at home, as to fup- 
ply the poor, as well as the rich, not only with 
a delicious /uxury, but alfo with an excellent 
fubftitute for fome xeceffaries. 
ile might, for inftance, be converted -into 
mead, a fine well-tafted wholefome liquor, 
which would prove an excellent fubftitute for 
ftrong ale and porter, and could be fold at a 
very moderate price. A weaker kind of mead, 
called Jragwort, could alfo be made of it. This 
is an agreeable wholefome liquor, much efteem- | 
ed by many, who we it as a fubftitute for 
fmall beer. .When properly made, it will 
keep long: And when of a proper degree of 
ftrength, it is fo highly exhilarating, that many 
perfons have been fent home half intoxicated | 
with it. 
The increafe of the quantity of honey would 
alfo reduce the price of it fo much, that in- 
F wer dtead 
