16 AN EASY METHOD OF 



and some of them, in consequence of their 

 confusion in swarming, are not apprised of the 

 intention of the Queen to leave the old stock 

 and seek a new habitation, and they sally forth 

 with the swarm without fiUing their sacks with 

 stores, which always makes them more irrita- 

 ble than when their stomachs are filled with 

 food. 



The Vermont hive possesses advantages in 

 this respect, as well as others, far superior to 

 the old box. Instead of lying out before 

 swarming, as in the old box, they go up into 

 the drawers, and are constantly employed in 

 depositing the delicious fruits of their labors : 

 and being in the hive, where they can hear 

 and observe all the movements of the Queen, 

 they go forth well stored with provisions suited 

 to the peculiar exigency of the case ; which 

 ordinarily prevents all feelings of hostility. 



The second reason why bees are sometimes 

 irritable, and are disposed to sting when they 

 swarm, is, the air is forbidding to them, by 

 being cold or otherwise, so as to impede them 

 in their determined emigration. In all such 



