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Pounds of Wax; the Honey being worth 94. per 
Quart at a medium, and the Wax 14d. per Pound, 
the Value of an Hive will be cight Shillings and fix 
Pence ; which will confiderably encreafe the Com= 
putation for 150 Hives, and bring it to above 6o/. 
which is a very confiderable Gain for fo {mall an 
Expence. | 
‘There hardly need any other Motive to engage 
the Husbandman in the Profecution of this uietul 
Management ; but the Advantages which may be 
further obtained, by manufacturing the Honey and 
Wax thus produced, muft not be pafled over in Si- 
lence, tho’ I fhall mention only the moft confidera= 
ble, referring to thofe who have more exprefly treat- 
ed of Honey and Wax, and their Medicinal Ufes 
to Phyficians and Surgeons, whofe more immediate 
Bufinefs it is to treat of them in this Light. 
Honey is commonly diftinguifhed into Virgin and 
Common Honey; the Virgin is that, which is taken 
the Year it is made, and the pureft of this runs from 
the Combs upon breaking, without any Preflure ; 
but that which is obtained by Preffure, hath fome 
bits of Combs and Sandrack, or other Foulnefs mix- 
ed with it; the former is preferable in all Cafes, 
where it is to be ufed without Clarification 5; but 
where the Honey is to be boyled, and the Scum 
ftrained for Ufe, as in making Mead, it is of little 
Confequence, becaufe the Drofs is feparated by the 
ftraining and fcumming. 
In making of the beft Mead, if the common Ho- 
ney be ufed, 120 Pounds will make a Barrel of very 
good Mead, but 1f the Mead be made of clear Ho- 
ney, the beft way is to allow four Pounds to every 
Gallon of Water; they fhould be mixed in the Cop- 
per, boiled, and well fcummed, the Scum may be 
ftrain’d through a Flannel Bag, which will make it 
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