INDEX. 235 
Bonner, James, the author’s. father, fond of rearing bees, iv ; 
anecdotes of him, id. ; purchafed a family bible with his 
wax one year, 7h. ; and’nearly fupplied the family with oat 
meal from his honey, id. 
Boys may watch bees in {warming time, 150. 
Bragwort, or weak mead, a fubftitute for {mall beer, 4r. 
Breeding of bees, amazing extent of the, 198, 1993 See Pro- 
lific Powers, Queen, &c. 
Britain, the culture of bees has never been carried to any 
height in, vi.; a great part of, covered with heath, 15 5 
_might foon export honey and wax, inftead of importing 
them, 27 ; might be almoft covered with bee-hives at pro- 
per diftances, 96. 
Broom, the flowers of, agreeable to bees, 15 ; benefits of al- 
lowing it to grow, 40; ought to be fown on dykes or 
watte ground, 43. 
Butler, a writer on bees, 2; quoted, 168. 
Butter, honey a fubftitute for, 42. 
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Calculation of the extent to which bees may be raifed, 53 of 
the quantity of honey and wax that might be produced in 
Scotland, 373 of the number of eggs laid each day in a 
hive, 198, 1993 of bees brought to perfection in three 
weeks, ib. ; of eggs in a cod fith, 7d. 
Cabyer, anecdote of a, 225. 
Canaan famous for honey, iv. 1. 
Candlemas, the author once faw loaded bees fo early as, 125- 
Candied honey, enquiry into the caufes of, 212; not hurtful 
to bees, 2133 see Honey. _ 
Care, proper, to be taken of bees, 303 neglect of this a caufe 
of their not thriving, 7. 
Carriage of bee-hives by land, 91, 92) 93 5 by water preferae 
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