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purchafe fo defirable a refoiirce. A prefent of a 

 ilock to perjons ofjucb chara5lcrsy under injunctions 

 of managing them agreeably to the bed known 

 mediods, might often prove very ferviceable, greatly 

 tend to the increafe of the article, and would be a 

 fpecies of benevolence and patriotifm worthy of 

 opulent individuals and publick focieties. 



It is much to bq lamented as a national lofs, that 

 great part of the prime fwarms are fuffered to 

 efcape, from an erroneous opinion about figns and 

 hours of fwarming; whereas nothing lefs than a 

 conftant watching, from feven to four, can prevent 

 this lofs ; but which the peafantry will not comply 

 with. For unlefs we can find a rnore fafe, eafy, 

 cheap, and effectual method of fwarming bees ar- 

 tificially, the old pradlice will prevail. I have 

 been experimenting on bees near thirty years, but 

 cannot fully accomplifli thefe grand points j the 

 fuperior genius of thefe diminutive artizans baffle 

 the moft laboured fchemes of an old veteran. 

 However, as they flill continue my principal 

 amufement, I fhall perfevere until I accomplifh my 

 defign, or the imbecilides of advanced age render 

 me incapable. 



A few years fince Earl Marchmont honoured me 

 with a prefent of the celebrated Schirach\ Treatife 



on 



