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fhakes the bough, by which a great part of 

 the bees will fall into it. It muft then 

 fpeedily be brought down, and turned up- 

 lide down on a cloth ready fpread, on which 

 many bees already fallen will be fettled. In 

 the mean while the branches muft be con- 

 ftantly fhook, by which the bees, finding no 

 quiet there, and hearing the buz of thofe un- 

 derneath, will defcend and join them. 



Or, another method is to tie twigs to the 

 end of a long pole, and therewith difturb the 

 clufter till they take wing again ; when pro- 

 bably they will clufter in another fituation 

 more favourable, if treated with the ufual 

 mufic. 



A third means is to hold a pan of fmok- 

 ing fubftances, which may make them glad 

 to move their quarters. 



When fwarms fettle oiilarge branches 

 of trees, too ftubborn to fhake, a hive is 

 to be fet on a floor, and faftened with 

 cords, that the floor may touch the clufter. 

 Then treat them as before mentioned. 



A fwarm in a hollow tree that has not 

 been lodged therein more than two or three 

 days, may be difplaced, by carefully flop- 

 ping 



