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the fertilizing pollen, and the pistil springs from a cup 
of liquid nectar, imparting to each passing breeze 
delicious fragrance, inviting the bee as with a thousand 
tongues to the sumptuous banquet. She does not 
need an artificial stimulus from man, as an induce- 
ment to partake of the feast ; without his aid or as- 
sistance she visits each wasting cup of sweetness, and 
secures the tiny drop, while the superabundant farina, 
dislodged from the nodding anthers, covers her body, 
to be brushed together and kneaded into bread. All 
she requires at the hands of man, is a suitable store- 
house for her treasures. In good seasons, her nature 
will prompt the gathering for her own use an over 
supply. This surplus man may appropriate to his own 
use, without detriment to his bees, providing his 
management is in accordance with their nature. 
PROFIT THE OBJECT. 
To give the bees all necessary advantages, and ob- 
tain the greatest possible amount of profit, with the 
least possible expense, has been my study for years. 
I might keep a few stocks for amusement, even if it 
was attended with no dollar and cent profit, but the 
number would be very small ; I will honestly confess 
then, that profit is the actuating principle with me. 
I have a strong suspicion that the majority of readers 
have similar motives. I am sure, then, that all of us 
with these views, will consider it a pity, when a stock 
produces five dollars worth of surplus honey, to be 
obliged to pay three or four of it for patent and other 
useless fixings. 
