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advantage in keeping bee-hives, in proportion 
to the extent of the flowers that grow upon their 
farms ; as one fingle acre, planted with turnips, 
faftard, clover, or heath, will feed many hives. 
Even the meaneft cottager, who has but a cot- 
tage and a kail-yard, might keep two or three 
hives, and fow a little muftard and turnips, or 
plant a few goofeberry bufhes, on purpofe to feed 
his bees. There is fearce a country village in the 
kingdom, that might not afford to keep as many 
bee-hives as there are dwelling houfes in it ; nor 
atradefman in fuch a village, who might not ea- 
fily keep as many hives as he has hands employ- 
ed in his bufinefs. Even fervants might have 
a few hives kept as their own property, in the 
gardens of their parents, brothers, or friends. 
_ In fhort, perfons of all ranks and degrees, from 
the Kine to the cottager, might be profitably 
employed, oragreeably amufed, by keeping bee- 
hives 7. 
Ed a Let 
+ I am quite certain, and fome others have often told me, 
that they were of the fame opinion, that the melodious humming 
of bees, when bufy at work, or {porting in the air for their 
own amufement, will have fuch an effe€t upon the anima! ipirits, 
that, however chagrined or ruffled the temper of a perfon might 
be, before he takes a walk among his bees, he generally does 
snot withdraw till the mind enjoys a perfect calm and inward tran- 
quillity. 
