CONTENTS. 
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CHAP. XXIV. 
On the advantages which accrue to the State and in- 
dividuals FROM THE CULTURE OF Bees. — Importance 
of the wax and honey trade to this country. — Degraded 
state of the culture of the Bee in this country. — Calcu- 
lations on tlie profits of an Apiary for five years.— Tlie 
common straw hive a great impediment to the culture of 
the Bee in this country. — Advantages of their culture. 
Immense quantity of wax and honey produced in the 
Island of Corsica. — Extract from a French news-pa- 
per. — Great quantity of honey and wax produced in 
Hanover. — The Bee much cultivated in Turkey. 
Couynerce of Moldavia, VVallachia, &c. in Wax. 
DouDt of Linneus, ...... 204 
CHAP. XXV. 
Directions for the purchase of Hives. — Caution to pur- 
chasers. — Presence of mind to be observed. — 'I’he in- 
terior of a hive to he examined first. — An old hive to 
be rejected. — Signs thereof. — A number of Queen cells 
a sign of the oldness of a hive. — Proper seasons for the 
purchase of hives. — Signs of a thriving hive. — Hives 
not to be purchased in the immediate vicinity. — 'I'he 
weight the best criterion of a hive. — Precautions to be 
used in this respect.— Method of transporting a pur- 
chased hive. — Proper time for the same, . . 207 
CHAP. XXV 1. 
On the countries most beneficiallv situated for the 
culture of the Bee, and the number of Hives each 
CAN support. — The southern countries most advanta- 
geous to Bees. — Opinion of La Gienee on the number 
of hives a country can siijiport. — 'I'he same examined. — 
A country not to be overstocked witli hives. — Number 
of Bees to be kept in a district, according to its fer- 
tility, 208 
A CHAP. X-XVII. 
On the distance which Bees fly for food. — Import- 
ance of the question. — Ms solution most necessary. — 
Various opinions concerning it. — Huber’s decision upon 
