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curing pure honey from the cottage hive, even with the destruction of the Bees r 
he then minutely explained the mode of managing his own or collateral hive, 
which, by means of ventilation, could be made to yield large quantities of the 
purest honey, swarming be prevented, and the lives of the Bees preserved in 
vigorous health. He exhibited two portions of honey, which were the results of 
his system; and certainly they were most beautiful specimens: one was in the 
natural state in a bell glass, just as it had been deposited there by the industrious 
and wonder-working Bee; the honey was as white as the driven snow, and its 
ramifications on the surface of the interior of the glass were peculiarly elegant; 
the other portion was liquified honey in a small glass jar, and was also equally 
white. Mr. Nutt went on to state, that the average quantity of honey taken at 
his own apiary in Lincolnshire in the last two years was 80 lbs.—honey of the 
purest kind, untainted by the operations of the queen Bee, and unsoiled by the 
barbarous plan of smothering the producers—honey as pure and transparent as 
crystal—honey of which specimens were before his audience at that moment. 
Now the poorest cottager could manage his collateral hives; and when he said 
they would produce those stores of sweets which had hitherto sold at 2s. per lb., 
here was certainly a source of comparative wealth to the cottager; for, taking the 
weight of honey every year at 80 lbs., which is much less than it ought to be 
with good management, in an average of years, there was a return of £8 per 
annum, the rent of a good cottage and garden ! He would carry his calculations 
a little further. There are, according to the parliamentary returns, 847,957 
agricultural families in England and Wales. Now, if each family had only one 
of the collateral hives, and obtained 80 lbs. of honey each, there would be an 
annual production of 67,806,506lbs., or 30,270 tons of the purest sweet in the 
world, equivalent in money to the enormous sum of £1,695,000. Mr. Nutt 
concluded by stating, that his system was based upon an experience of twenty- 
one years; that he had stocked many of his collateral boxes in this city and 
neighbourhood, and that, therefore, the public would soon have the means of test¬ 
ing its value by experience, which he doubted not would be as successful in this 
county as it had been in other counties ; all he stipulated for was, that the 
directions of management, as clearly laid down in his work, should be faithfully 
followed, and he was confident that the result would be the most satisfactory 
success. 
Animal Intelligence. —In the forests of Tartary and South of America, 
where the wild Horse is gregarious, there are herds of 500 or 600, which, being 
ill prepared for fighting, or indeed for any resistance, and knowing that their 
safety is in flight, appoint one in rotation who acts as sentinel, while the rest are 
asleep. If a man approaches, the sentinel walks towards him as if to reconnoitre, 
or see whether he may be deterred from coming near—if the man continues, he 
