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by the wind to a great diftance. Place this 

 joint near their haunts, and they will foon 

 be allured to enter into the hollow. When 

 about eight or ten have entered, flop the 

 end with the finger; foon after let one of 

 the bees out, purfue it as long as it is in 

 fight, and then let out another. If it con- 

 tinues the fame courfe, follow that alfo ; but 

 if any take a different route, let another fly, 

 and fo proceed till you find feveral take the 

 fame courfe, which will lead to their nefts. 



The bees that purfue other directions 

 probably belong to other nefts, which may 

 be discovered by the fame procefs as the 



If it be necefTary to take the combs out 

 directly, a pot of fumingpujfs fhould be in- 

 troduced under them by a hole made on pur- 

 pofe. During the fumigation forcibly ftrike 

 the tree. If the whole are not fallen from the 

 combs, they will, however, be fo lethargic 

 as to give the operator but little annoyance, 

 if he has on the bee-drefs. The combs are 

 to be taken out as whole as poffible, and 

 placed in an empty hive, and lupported by 

 as many fpleets as are neceflaryp in the beft 

 I 4 manner 



