22 Conclufions 
Let none here alledge, that thefe our induf- 
trious infeéts are below the attention of the 
greateft. Metissus, the firft inventor of bee- 
hives, was a king ; but perhaps we fhould never 
have heard of him, if he had not paid particu- 
lar attention to thefe his little fubjects. Encou- 
ragement might alfo be given to the culture of 
bees, by refpectable focieties, fuch as the Board 
of Agriculture, the Highland Society, &c. who 
might advertife fmall premiums, to be given 
to thofe who fhould rear the greateft num- 
ber of hives, or bring the greateft quantity of 
honey and wax to the market during the fea-- 
fon. Perfons properiy qualified might alfo be 
employed, either by focietics or individuals, to 
infpect the ftate of the hives within certain dif- 
tricts. One perfon, thus employed by a fociety, 
might overfee all the hives within two or three 
counties in one feafon ; correcting, as he went a= 
long, whatever he found amifs either in the ftate 
or in the management of them, and ftri@ly en- 
joining, that not a fingle bee fhould be killed at 
any feafon of the year. The increafe of bees 
hives might alfo be rapidly forwarded, if pro- 
prietors of ground, upon giving leafes to their 
tenants, were to make it an article in their tack, 
that the tenant fhould furnifh the proprietor 
with fo many pints of honey produced upon 
his 
