loG HIVING. 



begin to afcend : the bough, or bum, &c. 

 muft continually be fhook by the long flick, 

 whilft any bees endeavour to relodge on 

 it : thofe on the wing, hearing the buz of 

 their companions in the hive, will gradually 

 fly down and join them. Let them remain 

 on the fpot till the evening, unlefs the fun 

 fhould be too violent ; and then the heat 

 would make them quit the hive, unlefs fhel- 

 tered by boughs, or the like. But if it mould 

 be inconvenient for the hive to remain, they 

 may be removed a little way off. As foon as 

 the bees are nearly retired into the hive, the 

 hive may be carried to its deftined ftand ; the 

 few bees that remain on the wing will re- 

 turn home. 



Whenever bees are fo cluftered that a hive 

 cannot be put under them, lay a cloth un- 

 der, or as near as circumftances will allow ; 

 fhake the bufh, &c. to make the bees 

 fall, and keep fo doing till the bees relin- 

 quilh it : when down on the cloth, or 

 ground, fet a hive over them, and they will 

 enter. 



Or, fhould a fwarm fettle on a hedge, &c. 

 tjiat a hive cannot be fet under them, it may 



be 



