. A London encyclopaedia, or universal dictionary of science, art, literature and practical mechanics : comprising a popular view of the present state of knowledge : illustrated by numerous engravings, a general atlas, and appropriate diagrams . eother, the susceptibility of feeling it diminishes. Much has been said about the cruelty ofkilling bees, says Mr. Loudon, but if man isentitled to deprive them either totally or par-tially of their food, he has an equal right (and, intruth, by that very act exercising it) of de-priving them of their lives. For of the hivesthat have been partially or w
. A London encyclopaedia, or universal dictionary of science, art, literature and practical mechanics : comprising a popular view of the present state of knowledge : illustrated by numerous engravings, a general atlas, and appropriate diagrams . eother, the susceptibility of feeling it diminishes. Much has been said about the cruelty ofkilling bees, says Mr. Loudon, but if man isentitled to deprive them either totally or par-tially of their food, he has an equal right (and, intruth, by that very act exercising it) of de-priving them of their lives. For of the hivesthat have been partially or wholly deprived oftheir honey, it may be safely affirmed, that thereis not one in ten that does any good. If theylive till the succeeding spring, they are com-monly too weak to collect food or to breed, and,being plundered by their neighbours, dwindleaway, till at last the hive is without prompt death is surely preferable to one soprotracted. Some judicious observations on thissubject will be found in Huishs book, extractedfrom the works of La Grenee, a famous Frenchapiarian. Apis, in numismology. The bee was repre-sented on the coins of many cities, as the symbolof new colonies ; as in the annexed figure of anEphesian coin:. APITES, Apitis Vinum ; from cnrws, thepear-tree; perry. See Perry. APITPAT. From pit, to sink, and pat, tostrike. The motion of the heart in a state ofanxiety. O, there he comes. Welcome, my bully, my buck .Agad, my heart has gone apitpat for you. Cungreve. APIUM, Parsley, a genus of the digyniaorder, and pentandria class of plants; naturalorder forty-fifth, umbellate. The fruit is of anoval shape, and streaked; the involucrum con- sists of one leaf; and the petals are infleried andequal. There are only two species, the cultureof which is well known, viz. 1. A. graveolens,or smallage, a native of Britain; and 2. A. pe-troselinum, or common parsley, a native of Sar-dinia. The roots and seeds of the petroselinumare used in medicine. The root of
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