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The Harvester

CHAPTER IV
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Sometimes I almost think I can detect it in their honey.

Do you know I've wondered often if the honey my bees make has medicinal properties and should be kept separate in different seasons.

In early spring when the plants and bushes that furnish the roots and barks of most of the tonics are in bloom, and the bees gather the pollen, that honey should partake in a degree of the same properties and be good medicine.

In the summer it should aid digestion, and in the fall cure rheumatism and blood disorders." "Say you try it!" urged the carpenter.

"I want a lot of the fall kind.
I'm always full of rheumatism by October.


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