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impute that Mifcarriage to the wetnefs and windi+. 
nefs. of the Seafon,. which ought rather to be charg=. 
.ed to their own Neglect. ‘There are very few 
Parts of Ireland, which do not afford fufficient and 
sproper Provifion for Bees. ‘There is indeed a Difs 
ference in point of Goodnefs obferv’d in the Honey © 
which is gather’d in different Places, arifing from 
the Diverfity of Plants,that Beesfeed on. And in~ 
_déed it cannot be otherwife, when we confider that - 
Honey and Wax are neither of them entirely the 
Produce of Bees, but being gathered from Flowers 
by them,are worked up,and depofited in theHives; it 
1s no wonder then that fuch very delicious and whole- 
fomeLiquor fhould be obtained from Honey, fince it 
is no other than the moft elaborate and refined }uiee 
of the Plant gathered’from the Flower by the 
Bee, and laid up in its proper Store-Houfe. But 
in fuch Places where the common Flowers afford 
-but an indifferent fore of Honey, that Inconveniency 
may in fome,meafure be remedied by raifing and pro- 
pagating fuch Flowers. and. Plants as produce the 
beft Honey, «as fhall be fhewn hereafter. 

V FE, obferve three forts of Bees in each 

Hive, the common working Bee, 
° which is the Female, the Drone, 
which is the Male, and the Queen-Bee. 
‘The common working or Female-Bee is about three 
_quarters of an Inch long, with four Wings, ge 
Rektr eee 1 te a large 
