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them to competent persons. The business of the gardener 
seems naturally associated with that of the Apiarian ; and 
practical gardeners may find the management of bees, for 
their employers, quite a lucrative part of their profession. 
With but little trouble, they can make new colonics, re¬ 
move the surplus honey, and on the approach of Winter 
prepare the bees to resist its rigors. 
