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Astonishing Profits Arising From Bees.
ASTONISHING PROFITS ARISING FROM BEES .
TT has been remarked that this year , as generally happens after - " ¦ mild winters ,, the bees are very prolific , and that the swarms are in general large . Our readers , perhaps , may not be aware of the vast " advantages to . be derived from this little animal , and will not , therefore , be displeased to read the following communication which has been given to the Board of Agriculture , by the Surveyor of
Bedfordshire . , " The means , " sa 3 s he , " of producing the greatest possible profit that can be derived from the soil , cannot becoinpletely pursued , until ¦ the production of honey and wax is fully attended to . Upon a moderate calculation , in which I have been assisted by Mr . Wildman , of Holborna who has made this species of profit his particular study
, person -for many 3 ears , eveiy square mile in Great Britain , would produce in these articles , on an average iool . sterling in value , admitting tjjat an increase of product would reduce the price of those articles . But such an increase in the quantity of bees-wax would , consequently , tend to render the importation , not only of those articles , but of tallow , unnecessary to the present extent .
" The value of these articles , on this statement , far exceeds the idea of the most sanguine friend to the prosperity of the country . There are in England alone 40 , 450 square miles , and in Scotland 27 , 704 , in all 77 , 244 ; which , at iool . per square mile , would produce 7 , 724 , 000 ! . per annum ; at only 20 I . a square mile , the produce would ' be 1 , 544 , 880 ! . This is an object well worth attending to , derived frothe soil
being in addition to every other profit m . _ " If we examine the various purposes to which bees wax is applied , it will , among others , be found to be used in various manufactures , iu chirurg ical ancl veterinary healings , and various family purposes . It is an article in which luxury would be at a stand , unless it supplied the eleo-ant and polite with lig ht to tread in all their nocturnal mazes ; the ladies' is im
it aid ' s in the construction of dress ; and even apparel - pregnated with it . The medical uses of honey are universal : it is a luxury upon the table ; and the best of the substitutes for butter and suo-ar ; and when the finest particles are extracted , the refuse being properly converted into wine , when it becomes of a proper age and quite dry , is not inferior to the best of foreign . white wines . _ * derive from multil this
" The advantages agriculture would pying industrious animal are not few . By means of their industrious pursuits in roving from blossom to blossom , the chives , or male parts , with more expedition and certainty impregnate the pointels , which often , without such operation being expeditiously forwarded by such mean ' s ( under a suspension in the want of air , or in consequence of violent rains ) , the seed is . washed away before the intention of Nature u nprfo' -med . and the plants remain unfruitful . " B
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Astonishing Profits Arising From Bees.
ASTONISHING PROFITS ARISING FROM BEES .
TT has been remarked that this year , as generally happens after - " ¦ mild winters ,, the bees are very prolific , and that the swarms are in general large . Our readers , perhaps , may not be aware of the vast " advantages to . be derived from this little animal , and will not , therefore , be displeased to read the following communication which has been given to the Board of Agriculture , by the Surveyor of
Bedfordshire . , " The means , " sa 3 s he , " of producing the greatest possible profit that can be derived from the soil , cannot becoinpletely pursued , until ¦ the production of honey and wax is fully attended to . Upon a moderate calculation , in which I have been assisted by Mr . Wildman , of Holborna who has made this species of profit his particular study
, person -for many 3 ears , eveiy square mile in Great Britain , would produce in these articles , on an average iool . sterling in value , admitting tjjat an increase of product would reduce the price of those articles . But such an increase in the quantity of bees-wax would , consequently , tend to render the importation , not only of those articles , but of tallow , unnecessary to the present extent .
" The value of these articles , on this statement , far exceeds the idea of the most sanguine friend to the prosperity of the country . There are in England alone 40 , 450 square miles , and in Scotland 27 , 704 , in all 77 , 244 ; which , at iool . per square mile , would produce 7 , 724 , 000 ! . per annum ; at only 20 I . a square mile , the produce would ' be 1 , 544 , 880 ! . This is an object well worth attending to , derived frothe soil
being in addition to every other profit m . _ " If we examine the various purposes to which bees wax is applied , it will , among others , be found to be used in various manufactures , iu chirurg ical ancl veterinary healings , and various family purposes . It is an article in which luxury would be at a stand , unless it supplied the eleo-ant and polite with lig ht to tread in all their nocturnal mazes ; the ladies' is im
it aid ' s in the construction of dress ; and even apparel - pregnated with it . The medical uses of honey are universal : it is a luxury upon the table ; and the best of the substitutes for butter and suo-ar ; and when the finest particles are extracted , the refuse being properly converted into wine , when it becomes of a proper age and quite dry , is not inferior to the best of foreign . white wines . _ * derive from multil this
" The advantages agriculture would pying industrious animal are not few . By means of their industrious pursuits in roving from blossom to blossom , the chives , or male parts , with more expedition and certainty impregnate the pointels , which often , without such operation being expeditiously forwarded by such mean ' s ( under a suspension in the want of air , or in consequence of violent rains ) , the seed is . washed away before the intention of Nature u nprfo' -med . and the plants remain unfruitful . " B