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that he will be at liberty to start for home as soon as he 

 is satisfied. Now watch closely which way he goes, and 

 for this you must be where you can see all around, for 

 when he first rises he will swing around in a circle several 

 times until he is thoroughly acquainted with the ground, 

 and. then he will strike his bee-line for home, and you 

 ought to be able, particularly under the morning sun, to 

 see him fly for twenty rods. Presently more will come, 

 and they will fly back in the same direction ; then set your 

 tumbler over such as may be on the comb, slip under the 

 shingle, take up the honey and start on the line as far as 

 you could, see or had the range. There make a stand 

 again, and proceed as before ; so continuing, you will come 

 to the tree, or to where they will fly so crooked as to baffle 

 you completely, when you may make up your mind that 

 you are in the right neighborhood. They will swing around 

 and rise very high to pitch down to their nest, or they 

 will fly past the tree and turn and come back toward it. 

 You should have a small pocket spy-glass with which to 

 examine the tops of tall trees, or to examine any suspicious 

 looking one. 



If you should not succeed in finding blossoms with bees 

 on them, you should make a fire and heat some stones red 

 hot, and lay on them some of the refuse comb I spoke of, 

 and when this begins to burn, it will raise quite an odor 

 of honey and beeswax, which the bees will smell out from 

 quite a distance. When they come to it, catch them im- 

 der your tumbler, and proceed as before directed. 



