THE

HONEY-BEE.

"A bee amongst the flowers in spring, is one of the cheerfulest objects that can be looked upon. Its life appears to be all enjoyment: so busy and so pleased."-PALEY.

Stores of rich fragrance! Orchestras of song!

What marvellous seats of hidden alchymy!

How oft, when wandering far and erring long,

Man might learn truth and virtue from the BEE!"-Bowring.

Note. The lower shelf in the above cut will be found useful for holding one or more shallow pans of water. Vide page 7.

permitted to dedicate my Treatise on the Honey-Bee to Your

Majesty, while presumptive heiress to the British Throne, I

trust that, under the altered circumstances of Your Majesty's

distinguished character, I may still be allowed to avail my

self of the gratifying privilege.

Though my offering is humble, yet the usefulness of its object, and the beautiful analogies afforded by the economy of the insects whose history it records, will, I venture to hope,

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