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MANAGEMENT OF BEES, 
of the bottom when newly hived* 
It requires no argument to establish 
the position, that where there is the 
greatest quantity of flowers, that is 
the situation best adapted for keep¬ 
ing bees,—and this is a matter of 
primary consideration. Those who are 
unacquainted with the insect suppose 
that it possesses the fee-simple of e- 
very flower, and that whole regions 
of that description are devoted to its 
use. it is very far otherwise: and 
when poetry makes it “alight on a 
rose, and inhale its sweets,” the truth 
is, it never sucks it at ail, or many 
other flowers } in fact, all whose cups 
