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procedure increafe the labour of the bees in 

 the meanwhile, as the way down is as fhort 

 as the way up. 



On the contrary, when a hive is placed 

 under, the door of it muft be flopped for a 

 week or two, or till there is reafon to think 

 there are fome combs made in it ; and then 

 it is to be opened, and in two or three days 

 after Jhut again, difguifing it with a cloth, 

 &c. hung before it, for two or three days. 



Be particularly careful not to let the flocks 

 be crowded, before they are ftorified. For 

 if a princefs is impregnated early ^ it may 

 occafion a fwarm to rife fuddenly : for often 

 great numbers of brood are hatched toge- 

 ther, and therefore from want of room be- 

 come ferocious, and occafion much incon- 

 veniency to the apiator and bees ; but pre- 

 fently become peaceful and fatisfied on en- 

 largement. For an additional hive having 

 communications in direct lines with the 

 combs of the hives added, the bees are led 

 to efteem the whole as one hive, in a few 

 days after its application. 



In fome critical days or weeks, when 



honey dews are plentiful, or white clover or 



F other 



