tfa: NORFOLK. 



126. 126. 



SEPTEMBER 7. L'aft yc.ir, I. put a fwann of BLES. 

 bees into a wooden hive, of a particular con- 

 ftrudtion. They took it remarkably well, and 

 in the Courfc of the fummer laid up an ample 

 ftore. But the mildriefs of the autumn, and the 

 length of the fpring, were fatal to a principal 

 part of the bees in the country ; and to thefe 

 among the reft. Neverthelefs, through in- 

 attention, I let the hive ftan'd irt its place, 

 with the empty comb in it. 



Paflrng by it on the twenty-fourth of July, 

 (the height of fwarming-time this year!) I 

 faw feveral bees about the mouth of the hive : 

 but in the evening they difappeared. Next 

 morning they returned ; and; at noon, were fol- 

 lowed by a very large fwarm ; which took pof- 

 fcffion of the hive ; and, in a few ho'Urs, be- 

 gan throwing out the dead,- and clearing their 

 rfew habitation .' a work which employed them 

 tint and the enfuing day. 



Perhaps, this was a ftray flight, which had fet- 

 tled upon fome neighbouring tree ; and the firft 

 were out-fcouts, fearching for a hollbw tree, or 

 a fiiTure in a rock. 



Or, perhaps, they cam'e immediately from 



fcme hive in the neighbourhood. I have beerf 



Z 2 fince 



