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Mthe hive. A few still hover about round the place where the swarm 



llwas fixed. If the number is considerable, and if many have stopped 



-» in this place, you must make them quit it by placing some offensive 



' heib, such as celandine, horehound, field camomile, &c., on it, or 



project the smoke of a rag upon them, which will drive away the bees 



and- force them to look for the colony or to return to the mother-hive. 



You may also project smoke, but in moderate quantities, on the bees 



Fig. 325. — Bell-shaped hive. 



Fig. 326.— English hivc. 



grouped around and on the borders of the lodging which you ha\-e 

 just given them, and which they will not be long in entering."'-' 



A good swarm weighs from four to six pounds ; one pound con- 

 tains about four thousand bees. The second swarm weighs rarely 

 more than two pounds, and the third still less. You can also form 

 irtificial swarms by drawing off the bees of one hive into another, an 

 operation which is easy with bell-shaped hives. A glance at Fig. 325, 

 ivhich represents the common hive of the north of France, that is to 

 ^ay, the bell-shaped, will show how easy it is to effect that drawing oft, 



* *'CourscVApicuIUire," pp. 73> 74- 



