OVER-STOCKING. 
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crowfoot, crown imperial, cucumber, currants, Cyprus, daffodil, 
dandelion, dogberry, elder, elm, endive, fennel, furze, golden-rod, 
gooseberry, gourd, hawthorn, hazel, heath, holly, hollyhock 
(trumpet), honeysuckle, honeywort (cerinthe), hyacinth, hyssop, ivy, 
jonquil, kidney bean, laurel, laurustinus, lavender, leek, lemon, 
lily (water), lily (white), lime, linden (bass-wood), liquidamber 
liriodendron, locust, lucerne, mallow (marsh), marigold (French), 
marigold (single), maple, marjoram (sweet), mellilot, melons, 
mezereon, mignionette, mustard, nasturtium, nectarine, nettle 
(while), oak, onion, orange, ozier, parsnip, pea, peach, pear, 
peppermint, plane, plum, poplar, poppy, primrose, privet, 
radish, ragweed, raspberry, rosemary (wild), roses (single), rud- 
beekiaj, saffron, sage, saintfoin, St. John’s wort, savory (winter), 
snowdrop, snowberry, stock (single), strawberry, sunflower, syca¬ 
more, squash, tansy (wild), tare, teasel, thistles, thyme (lemon), 
thyme (wild), trefoil, turnip, vetch, violet (single), wallflower 
(single), woad, willow-herb, willow tree, yellow weasel-snout.” 
OUR COUNTRY NOT IN DANGER OF BEING OVERSTOCKED 
WITH BEES. 
If the opinions commonly entertained on the danger 
of overstocking are correct, bee-keeping must, in this 
country, be always an insignificant pursuit. 
It is difficult to repress a smile when the owner of a 
few hives, in a district where as many hundreds might be 
made to prosper, gravely imputes his ill-success to the fact, 
that too many bees are kept in his vicinity. If, in the 
Spring, a colony of bees is prosperous and healthy, it 
will gather abundant stores, in a favorable season, even 
if hundreds equally strong are in its immediate vicinity; 
while, if it is feeble, it will be of little or no value, even 
if it is in “ a land flowing with milk and honey,” and 
there is not another stock within a dozen miles of it. 
As the great Napoleon gained many of his victories by 
having an overwhelming force at the right place, in the 
right time, so the bee-keeper must have strong colonies, 
