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swarming propensities, if the keeper is to receive from tliem 

 the greatest profits which they are capable of furnishing. The 

 old queen leaves the hive with the first swarm, ordinarily before 

 the young one is hatched, yet about the time she is hatched. 



Hiving. — The bee keeper, as a preparation for hiving his bees, 

 should walk around among them while they are in the act of 

 swarming. As a consequence his presence will be more accept- 

 able to them when he comes to handle them for the purpose of 

 putting them into the hive. During the whole time he should 

 move with the utmost gentleness and deliberation. His moder- 

 ation should be known to the bees. He should make no sudden 

 or violent motions, which may serve to enrage them. The 

 hive may be set over them, after they have been placed — with 

 the limb upon which they Iiave clustered — upon a cloth which 

 is spread upon the ground, or they may be shaken or jarred 

 from the limb into the hive when inverted, or they may be 

 brushed into the hive gently, by a soft wing or dust brush, as 

 circumstances may dictate. When bees are put into a hive 

 inverted, it should be turned back very gently or slowly, lest 

 the bees should be removed or poured out. Always place the 

 hive in the shade, or protect it from the direct rays of the sun, 

 while the bees are taking possession of it. About sunset remove 

 it to the place where it is to stand permanently. 



THE DAIRY. 



ESSEX. 



Statement of Mrs. Paul Titcomb. 



Cheese. — I offer for inspection, four new milk cheeses, the 

 like size and quality of thirty-six made in the months of July 

 and August. 



The evening milk is strained into a tin tub and rennet added 

 immediately ; the rennet should be of sufficient stjength to form 

 the curd in thirty minutes, but it should not be broken up 

 under one hour or more. After being carefully broken, it is 



