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extra queens will soon be slain, and the bees will work 

 as one family. A union may be effected in this man- 

 ner, at any time within a week after hiving the bees, but 

 there is this difference attending it ; one of the hives is 

 to be removed, of course, and during the next two or 

 three days, a large portion of the swarm that had be- 

 come accustomed to the place where the removed on 

 emptied hive stood, will return to that place, as they 

 sally forth to the fields from their new domicil, and will 

 be lost 



BEES LIABLE TO CLUSTER ON THE APIAErAN. 



The above cut represents a servant of mine, with a 

 swarm of bees clustering on his neck and back. Per- 

 haps the reader may think that this comical scene is but 

 visionary; yet I would assure you, dear reader, that 

 such things do actually occur ; and every bee-keeper is 

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