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hive. We shall have occasion hereafter to notice 
the fondness of bees for barley-sugar: let a piece of 
this be laid across, or just within, the entrance of 
the hive, so as greatly to narrow it. This is 9% 
attractive to the bees, that they muster at the door 
in creater force than the wasps durst venture to 
assail. As fast as the fortification is devoured, it 
oucht to be renewed, and the out-generalled enemy 
will retire from a hopeless contest. 
Insects of all kinds, as earwigs, spiders, wood-lice, 
&c., should be cleared away from the hives and 
stands, and ants’ nests destroyed. Cobwebs must 
not be permitted to remain, or numerous deaths 
would ensue to the bees from entanglement in 
them. In short, we may sum up by a general 
recommendation of cleanliness in every way, and the 
removal of whatever serves as a harbour to dirt 
and vermin. 
Super-hiving.—Should the weather continue favour- 
able for honey-gathering, the colony must be in- 
spected in about three weeks from the time of 
hiving. Indeed in sultry weather, and where the 
swarm is a large one, it is often politic to place a 
glass or small super upon it very soon, for the 
purpose of a ventilator, to moderate the temperature, 
and prevent the clustering of the bees at the mouth 
of the hive. If the combs are worked pretty nearly 
down to the floor, and the cells in a good measure 
filled, no time should be lost in supplying additional 
working room; more especially if symptoms of 
crowding are apparent, for by this time young bees 
are coming forth. We may here observe that many 
