66 SUCCESSFUL BEE-KEEPING. 
air is moist and warm, the plants may yield a superabun- 
dance of nectar ; while to-morrow, being cold and wet, 
there may be a total want of it. When there is sufficient 
' heat and moisture, the saccharine juices of plants will 
readily fill the nectaries, and will be quickly replenished 
when carried off by the bees. Every cold night checks 
the flow of honey, and every clear, warm day reopens the 
fountain. The flowers expanded to-day must be visited while 
open ; for, uf left to wither, their stores are lost. The same re- 
marks will apply substantially in the case of honey-dews. 
Hence, bees caunot, as many suppose, collect to-morrow 
what is left ungathered to-day, as sheep may graze here- 
after on the pasturage they do not need now. Strong 
colonies and large Apiaries are in a position to collect 
ample stores when forage suddenly abounds, while, by 
patient, persevering industry, they may still gather a 
sufficiency and even a surplus, when the supply is small, 
but more regular and protracted.” 
Localities differ as widely in their resources of honey 
as in pasturage for cattle ; and the yield of any particu- 
lar locality is very much affected by the season : hence it 
is impossible to say how many stocks can be sustained 
to the square mile. Very few places in our country, are, 
as yet, in any danger of being overstocked. 
PROFITS OF BEEH CULTURD. 
‘‘A penny saved, is two pence earned.’’— Poor Richard. 
The profits resulting from bee-keeping, depend mainly 
upon the locality and season—presuming, of course, that 
the bees are well taken care of. 
The bee editor of the Rural New Yorker, (in No. for 
Jan. 21, 1860,) says, “ We are satisfied that nothing will 
