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ber of the hive containing the first, by the side 

 of the second. In case all the bees from ei- 

 ther of the drawers, amalgamate and go below 

 with the first swarm, and leave the drawer 

 empty, then it may be removed, and another 

 small swarm added in the same manner. 



REMARKS. 



It is of prime importance to every bee cul- 

 tivator, that all his colonies be made as nearly 

 equal in numbers and strength, as possible. 

 Every experienced bee-master must be aware 

 that small swarms are of but little profit to 

 their owner. Generally, in a few days after 

 they are hived, they are gone ; — no one can 

 trace their steps : some suppose they have 

 fled to the woods — others, that they were rob- 

 bed : but after all, no one is able to give any 

 satisfactory account of them. Some pieces of 

 comb only are left, and perhaps myriads of 

 worms and millers finish off the whole. Then 

 the moth is supposed to be their destroyer, 

 but the true history of the case is generally 

 this : The bees become discouraged, or dis- 

 heartened, for want of numbers to constitute 

 their colony, abandon their tenement, and 



