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fary and difagreeable trouble of suffocat- 

 ing the bees. 2d. In relieving fwarms 

 when too large. 3d. In preventing idlenefs 

 in their lying out. 4th. In uniting of 

 fwarms. 5th. In the means of cleanlinefs 

 and wholefomenefs 1 . 6th. In preferving 

 them from moths, mice, and other infects, 

 by the frequent fhifting of the hives. 7th. 

 In giving ample and timely enlargement. 

 8th. In being provided againfl bad feafons. 

 Laflly, In taking but little room in an apiary : 

 as for inflance, four flocks will require no 

 more ground to ftand on than they had at 

 firft ; while common hives will demand 

 twice or thrice as much for fwarms, but 

 producing lefs honey. 



The INDICATIONS FOR STORIFYING 



flocks, are the appearance cf an increafe of 

 numbers, and in their activity, favoured by 

 the mildnefs of the feafpn. If the flock 

 be a lafl year's fwarm, fet a duplet over 

 it ; and as foon as that feems, by j|s weight, 

 to be three parts full, fet a triplet cvsr the 

 duplet ; which laft^ when full, or nearly io y 

 is to be taken off, and probably will be all 

 intire virgin honey, and without brood, 



Then 



