. The handy book of bees; being a practical treatise on their profitable management. Bees. straw Covers, mer as well as winter; and they look better than anj'- thing else I have seen used as covers for hives. When a farmer's corn-stacks are all well thatched and nicely clipped, they not only please the eye, but convey to the mind of every passer-by the idea of comfort, and also that his pro- fits will not go into the wrong pocket. A row of weU- thatched bee-hives in a cotter's garden is calculated to please the eye, and breed p]easa,nt thoughts to the mind. G. Please note that these images are
. The handy book of bees; being a practical treatise on their profitable management. Bees. straw Covers, mer as well as winter; and they look better than anj'- thing else I have seen used as covers for hives. When a farmer's corn-stacks are all well thatched and nicely clipped, they not only please the eye, but convey to the mind of every passer-by the idea of comfort, and also that his pro- fits will not go into the wrong pocket. A row of weU- thatched bee-hives in a cotter's garden is calculated to please the eye, and breed p]easa,nt thoughts to the mind. G. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Pettigrew, A. Edinburgh, London, W. Blackwood and sons
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