£22 JSALVATION OF BEEf.. 



CHAP. XV. 



SALVATION OF BEES. , 



ANY of my readers will be much 

 furprifed at the following declaration, viz. 

 That the suffocation of bees kept in 

 common hives is not prejudicial to the intereft 

 of the owners. This affertion, I beg leave 

 to ftate, relates only to thofe who keep bees 



in SINGLE HIVES, WITHOUT STORIFYING. 



Contrary to my former principles, preju- 

 dices, and practice, and to the current opi- 

 nion of writers, nothing lefs than a feries 

 of ftubborn facts could have effected my 

 convi&ion and recantation. 



From theorelic ded actions, to fa.cts I ap- 

 peal; — to experiments, the juftnefs of which 

 the judicious apiator may be convinced of ? 

 by making proper obfervations. For thofe 

 who keep bees jn boxes, with large windows, 

 may perceive that in December and January 

 very few bees are to be feen in the boxes 

 that were crowded in Auguft. Thofe who 



have 



