IndJatigabh LoJo'trs ofMe


HEE,
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1t is one of the advantages of spring, that
it furnishes us with an opportunity OF OBJ
serving the industry and lsbours of the Bee.
C ertainly beehive is one of the finest
sights a lover of nature can ever have. We
are in continual state of surprise on facing
their order and regularity; and particularly
in those magazines so plentifully furnished
with all that is necessary for the subsistence
of the society, in winter. What merits our
attention more than all the rest is, the inde-
fatigable application and uninterrupted la
bours of this little republic. The Bees give
us an axampie ofindustry and activity which
is not only uncommon, but perhaps has not
its eqcal. They appear as soon as winter is
over, en- whenit might still be feared, that
the cold would hurt them and benumb their
delicate limbs.


When the juices of the flowers which be-
gin to blow have not yet been sufficiently di-
gested by the sun, so as to furnish honey IN
plenty, the Bees still gather some little f'w
their food. But their cares and activity re-
double very evidently during spsins and