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fwarm : to avoid which, let it be removed 

 at day-break. 



To transfer the fwarm from the eommoa 

 hive, into one of your own, or into a box, 

 invert that which has the fwarm in a pail, 

 bucket, or the like ; lay two thin flat flicks 

 acrofs, and then fet the empty hive over it ; 

 Hop the juncture with a cloth, and before 

 morning the bees will have afcended into 

 the upper one. But if not, let them fland a 

 day longer 5 when, if they flill are reluctant, 

 flop the juncture quite, and beat round the 

 lower hive with two fmall flicks, till they 

 afcend, which may be knowm b.y the great 

 buz in the upper hive. 



Or, as foon as two fwarms are brought 

 home, fpread a cloth on the ground, and 

 lay a flick acrofs : then flrike the edge of the 

 hive with violence on the ground ; the bees 

 will fall out in a lump : then take the other 

 fwarm, and ferve them in the fame manner, 

 clofe by the firfl ; fet an empty hive over 

 them, refling one edge on the flick, and 

 cover them with a cloth. If they are found 

 to quarrel when afcended, they muft be 

 fumed as directed hereafter. 



Removing 



