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weather each week for a fortnight, and ten days at the 

 winding up. Indeed the heather failed before the 

 weather. There is not a bee-master (worthy of the 

 name) in Carluke who had not hives 100 lb. in weight 

 and over, though they were comparatively light when 

 taken to the heather. Mr Lindsay of Wishaw took 

 eight hives to the moors : he weighed them before they 

 went, and on their return — 



" Mr Lindsay takes no second swarms from his hives. 

 You will see that his eight hives gained on the moors 

 the additional weight of 555 lb., which is within a frac- 

 tional part of 70 lb. per hive average. 



" Mr John Jack of this place had a stock-hive which 



yielded two swarms, and the first swarm yielded two 



swarms which are commonly called virgins. On their 



return from the heather they weighed as follows : — 



Stock-hive, .... 

 First swarm, . 

 Second swarm, 

 Fiist virgin, . 

 Second virgin, 



Total, . 319 lb. 



" Mr Jack's first virgin broke down in going to the 

 heather. 



" The following figures represent the weight of one of 

 my stock-hives and its swarms ; — 



Stock-hive, . . . . . 102 lb. 



First swarm, ..'.... 148 ,, 



Second swarm, ... . 76 „ 



Third swarm, . . . . 92 ,, 



Virgin from second do., . . . 66 ,, 



Total, . 474 lb. 



