ttO HIVING. 



ping all the holes, and crevices, except (ha! 

 which they entered by ; then fixing the bot- 

 tom of a hive againft their hole of entrance, 

 fecuring it firmly with cordsj as alfo tying 

 a cloth round the joinings* that no bees can 

 efcape ; beat with a large hammer, or great 

 ftone, violently about the tree juft below the 

 hive : probably this will terrify the bees, fa 

 as to induce them to feek fecurity in the 

 hive. Now and then ceafe thenoife, and liften 

 whether they make a buz in the hive ; and 

 repeat the hammering Until the buz is 

 greatly increafed* Then, loofing the hive 

 from the tree, fet it on a cloth fpread on the 

 ground, and repeat the ftrokes and noife on 

 the tree till but few bees rife. Stop the hole 

 of the tree, and thofe on the wing will re- 

 join their companions. 



But if they will not take to the hive> make 

 a hole with a chiffel, near the upper part ot 

 the hollow (for the bees generally lie as 

 high as pomble above the entrance) : place 

 the hive juft above the hole cut, and by 

 hammering it will caufe them to fly furioufly 

 out, and take to the hive, or fettle in a more 

 commodious fituation. But if they fhould 



have 



