I08 HIVING, 



TREE, OR post, are difficult to hive. Take a 

 hive and fioor, or board, and place it by means 

 of forked flicks, barrels, ladders, &c. or with 

 cords, ip that the floor may be on a level 

 with the bottom of the clufter : then raifmg 

 the edge of the hive next to the bees, by 

 wedges, gently advance the hive fo as 

 flightly to touch the clufter : this in a little 

 while may induce fome of the bees to enter, 

 and the reft to follow. But to fave time, 

 ufe the Jpoon, as before directed, to dimi- 

 nifh the clufter, and increafe the buzzing in 

 the hive : at times difturb the clufter, by 

 gently moving a fmall flick among the out- 

 ermoft, to difengage them. As foon as a 

 confiderable number have entered, the reft 

 will furely follow; though, perhaps, but 

 flowly ; unlefs the queen has been one of 

 thofe conveyed by the fpoon. 



Should fwarms fix on the extreme 

 branches or twigs of high trees, beyond 

 the reach of the hand, a hive, or rather a 

 light bafket, muft be fufpended to the end 

 of a long pole or fork. Then having a lad- 

 der, introduce the bafket under the clufter, 

 while an affiftant with a long crook fmartly 



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