OF the Honey Harveft. 197 
aiedC Hud Bile MK 
& 
OF THE HONEY HARVEST. 
I ONCE thought, that if we preferve all our 
bees, we mutt alfo keep all our honey in the 
hives, to maintain them during winter and 
fpring. But lam now of a different opinion ; 
for the feverity of the winter not only reduces 
the number of bees, but fometimes even kills 
whole hives, although they have large quanti- 
ties of honey in them. It is, therefore, much 
more profitable to preferve ali the bees alive, 
- and unite them to other hives, although we 
'fhould be at the expence of fome honey ‘to 
feed them during fpring. It is indeed, proba- 
ble, that every Queen is capable of laying only 
a certain number of eggs. Suppofing, then, 
that we fhould put 100,000 common bees in a 
hive, the old bees would gradually die out, and 
as there would be but one breeding Queen in 
‘the hive, it would foon have no more bees than 
any 
