l66 DISEASES* 



whether their condition may require further 

 feeding ; which fhould be given daily, if 

 the hive is not fufficiently ftored with honey 

 and farina* 



When bees fall motionlefs to the bottom 

 of the hive, it indicates that they are chilled 

 with cold, or in a ftarving condition. To 

 prevent a further deftrudion, treat them as 

 above, or fet them to a plentiful ftock. 



Bees often fly in a defultory manner 

 about the hives, bee-houfes or dwelling 

 houfe, in the fprmg, with lamenting tones, 

 as though wanting fomething: that fome- 

 thlng is food; for they are almoft famimed; 

 By obferving which of the flocks has an 

 unufual crowd at their door, the diftreffed 

 hive may be difcovered. A frefh, dry and 

 warm floor mull be given them ; and they 

 muftbe immediately fed : the delay of a day 

 may be a day too late. 



When flocks appear to be light, a daily 

 feeding is indifDenfable, till a certainty of 

 honey-gathering has commenced. Or a 

 hive or box may be cut down to five inches, 

 and filled with ~c#mbs of honey, properly 

 placed, which may laft them a long while, 

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