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275 34, 403 blamed for neglecting the culture of bees, 28 ; 
ought to employ perfons fkilled in managing them, 43; 
and to rear a fuficiency of focd for them, 7b., 44; the au- 
thor’s concluding advice to, 224. 
Gentlenefs, neceflary in handling bees, 135; 
Goofeberry buthes, the flowers of, afford work and materials for 
_ bees, t§ 5 thould be reared, 227. 
Ground, very little, will maintain many hives of bees, 12 ; fome 
ground does not naturally produce much food for bees, 35< 
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_ Habitatinns, proper, bees muft be lodged in, when they fwarm, 
44; made of different materials, and in various forms, 144 3 
Meliffus, the firft inventor, ib. ; advantages of wooden hives 
ib. ; ftraw ones moft generally ufed, 145 ; fizes various, 7d. ; 
can be enlarged by an eek, zd: ; direCtions refpeQting ftraw 
hives, 70., 146 3 colony hives defcribed, 146; objections to 
them, 147 3 never generally ufed, 20 ; when and by whom in- 
vented, 2) ; the only advantage of them, ib. ; varieties of them 
made, 148; deficiency of empty hives in favourable years, 
_ a. ; eafily fupplied, 2. ; hives whofe bees are dead, prefer- 
red by young fwarms, 156, 158; left ftanding either through 
ignorance or villainy, 157; a law againft this, (see Law) 7). 
Harne/*, or fafeguard, defcribed, 83. 
Harveft of honey great, but the labourers few, vil, 335 see 
Honey. | 
_. Havock dreadful, fometimes made among the bees, 1703 see 
Robberies and Wars. 
_. Heat exceflive, hurtful to bees, rg5 5 fuch a degree too feldom 
occurs, 7b. ; bad effects of it eafily prevented by {creens, 7d. 
Heath, or heather, the bells or flowers innumerable, 14; bees 
fond of them, ib. ; the plant grows {pontaneoutly, 15 ; yields 
much honey ib. ; and of a high colour, 21, 214 ; advantages 
of placing hives near it, 185, 201. 
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