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it, and rubbed with aromatic herbs. Having carefully 

 adjusted the mouth of each hive to the other, so that 

 no aperture remains between them, take a small stick, 

 and beat gently round the sides of the lower hive for 

 about ten minutes, or a quarter of an hour, in which 

 time the bees will leave their cells in the lower hive, 

 ascend, and adhere to the upper one. Then gently 

 lift the new hive, with all its little tenants, and place 

 it on the stand from which the other hive was taken. 

 This should be done some time in the week preceding 

 midsummers' day, that the bees may have time, before 

 the summer flowers are faded, to lay in a new stock 

 of honey, which they will not fail to do for their sub- 

 sistence through the winter. 



To manage bees generally. 



The best situation for bees is to the north, with a 

 range of hills wooded on the summit, and toward the 

 base, enriched with heather, skirted to the east with a 

 stream from the rocks. To confine this rivulet, the 

 bee-master should sow the sandy beach with the seed 

 of furze, and cover it with a light surface of earth. 

 The furze would soon vegetate; and blooming, in the 

 course of three years, overpay his labour, by providing 

 the bees with pasture on soil otherwise barren, and the 

 margin of the brook would gradually rise to restrain 

 its encroachment on fertile lands. Suppose a white 

 clover field to the south of the hills, and south from 

 the field a large garden, where hardy winter greens 

 have been allowed to flower, as early food for the 

 bees. White mustard should also be sown very early 

 in patches near the hive ; but not nearer than one 

 yard. A few dwarf flowers may come within two 

 feet, but tall grown ones would assist insects to get 



