Now let each attentive guardian In devoted service strive For the proud, the Matron-monarch-- Sov'reign of the honey-hive. So that we may learn by watching Who that in the noon-tide glance, Or in midnight's darkest moments. Summons her to Hymen's dance.[10] Ev'ry bee-hive calls for patience, Whilst great Haller's lessons teach Without patience Nature's secrets None successfully can reach. T. W. Woodbury, _Mount Radford, Exeter_. [Footnote 10: This point cannot now be considered doubtful, but it must be remembered that Herr Braun's verses were written eighteen years ago.] In conclusion, we would remind all bee-keepers who earnestly desire success, and who hope to draw pecuniary profit from their pursuit, of the golden rule in bee-keeping:--"Keep your stocks strong." In exercising the assiduous attention and persevering effort, which that maxim enjoins, they will not only be regarded as _bee-keepers_, but, as Mr. Langstroth says, will acquire a right to the title of _bee-masters_. APPENDIX. [Illustration] TESTIMONIALS OF THE PRESS. [Illustration] GREAT EXHIBITION 1851. The "Working Apiary" in the Great Exhibition of 1851, will long live in remembrance of the many thousand visitors who witnessed with much interest the matchless industry of its busy occupants. We extract the following from many notices that appeared in the public journals relative thereto. In noticing the hives exhibited in the Crystal Palace, I would say, first and foremost in my opinion stands Mr. Taylor's Eight-bar Hive, and Messrs. Neighbour and Son's Improved Cottage Hive, both exhibited by Messrs. Neighbour.--_J. H. Payne, see Cottage Gardener, Nos. 169, 170._ _From the "Illustrated London News."_