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dreds will probably leave the first day ; a few may 

 leave several times ; wlien removed at night, such will 

 rQtum to the stand of the previous day, and general- 

 ly are lost ; whereas, if they are carried at once to a 

 permanent stand, this loss is avoided. 



Those that are left flying at the time, return* to the 

 old stock, which those that return from the swarm the 

 next day will not always do. The time for moving 

 them now is no more than at another. It is unneces- 

 sary to object, and say, that " it will take too long to 

 wait for the bees to get in ;" this will not do. I shall 

 insist on your getting all the bees to enter before leav- 

 ing any way. I consider this an essential feature in 

 the management. I will not say that my directions 

 vfUl (ilways prevent their" going to the woods, but 'this 

 I do say, that out of the hundreds that I have hived, 

 not one has ever left. It is possible proper manage- 

 ment has had no influence in my success, yet some- 

 thing like an opinion of this kind has been indulged 

 for a long time. 



now SWAKMS ARE GENERALLY MANAGED THAT LEAVE POR 

 THE WOODS. 



Some of my neighboring bee-keepers lose a quarter 

 or half of their swarms by flight, and how do they 

 manage ? When the word is given out, " Bees swarm- 

 ing," a tin-horn, tin-pan, bells, or anything to make a 

 "horrible din," is seized upon in the hurry of the 

 moment, and as much noise made as possible, to make 

 them cluster; (which, they naturally would do without 

 tho music, at least all mine have. This probably gave 



