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Mr. Boman further adds, " we are informed by a Me- 

 moir of Duhamet, that the profit which is extracted 

 from the Bees, under this management, is very consi- 

 derable. From the month of July, when the Bees 

 have swarmed, and have made an excellent harvest 

 from the sainfoin, the whole of the wax and honey is 

 taken from them, and the Bees put into an empty 

 hive. The hives are then transported into the vi- 

 cinity of fresh pasturage, where flowers and melli- 

 fluous herbs abound, and where they are often filled 

 by the latter end of July. They are then again 

 changed (care being taken to preserve the brood- 

 combs) arid transported into the neighbourhood of 

 the buck-wheat fields, where they are again filled so 

 as to yield an extraction of one third of this last 

 stock f" and thus concludes, " By the aid of human 

 industry, the most surprising quantity of honey is 

 often obtained ; but it must be confessed, that all 

 years arc not alike, and that some will not admit of 

 more than one change." 



CHAP. XXIII. 



On the robberies of Bees, and the method of preventing 

 them. 



It has generally been understood throughout the 

 preceding remarks, that robbery amongst Bees, 

 arises from a scarcity of food. 1 shall, therefore, 

 pass over the general remarks of Mr. Huish, and se- 

 lect only the following; u As the majority of the 

 hives which are tormented with robbers are weak, 

 and in want of provisions, it would be well to give 

 them some foot! in the evening, after sunset, securing, 

 at the same time, the entrance of the hive, against 

 the admission of strangers, otherwise you will in- 

 vite further pillage. Remove the hive, at the same 

 time, into some close room, with a window to the 

 south, and continue to feed them three or four 



