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HIVES. 
things is the result of a thousand various causes ; the 
most powerful is interest, or prejudice. 
It is said that in Europe, the same ingenuity is dis- 
played in twisting and torturing the bee, to adapt her 
natural instinct to unnatural tenements; tenements 
invented not because the bee needs them, but because 
this is a means available for a little change. “Patent 
men ” have found the people generally too ignorant of 
apiarian science. But let us hope that their days of 
prosperity in this line are about numbered. 
INSTINCTS OF THE BEE ALWAYS THE SAME. 
Let us fully understand that the nature of the bee, 
when viewed under any condition, climate, or circum- 
stance, is the same. Instincts first implanted by the 
hand of the Creator, have passed through millions of 
generations, unimpaired, to the present day, and will 
continue unchanged through all future time, till the 
last bee passes from the earth. We may, we have, 
to gratify acquisitiveness, forced them to labor under 
every disadvantage; yes, we have compelled them to 
sacrifice their industry, prosperity, and even their 
lives have been yielded, but never their instincts. 
We may destroy life, but cannot improve or take 
from their nature. The laws that govern them are 
fixed and immutable as the Universe. 
Spring returns to its annual task ; dissolves the 
frost, warms into life nature’s dormant powers. 
Flowers with a smile of joy, expand their delicate 
petals in grateful thanks, while the stamens sustain 
upon their tapering points the anthers covered with 
