DISEASES. l6l 



The more bees a hive contains, the 

 greater their warmth, which caufes them 

 the fooner to become active in the fpring ; 

 and accelerates the breeding of the queen, 

 and the production of young. But the 

 quicker alfo will the honey be exhaufted. 



And this is the reafon why fo manyjiocks 

 perijh in the fpring, when lean; thought of; 

 ^Tthey were fcantiiy fared. This confider- 

 ation fhould operate as a ftrong inducement 

 to keep none but rich flocks. 



A degree of cold that mall throw the 

 few bees of a weak flock into a ufeful le- 

 thargy, will not have that effecl: on one that 

 is populous. On this principle the weak ftock 

 will furvive ; while the populous one pe- 

 rifhes, by confuming all the honey by the 

 increafe of numbers j admitting both to 

 have an equality of honey. 



When bees in cold weather difengage 

 themfelves from the body or clufter that is 

 in the hives, or fly out, they are prefently 

 chilled to death. 



Thefe infects fufFer more through the in- 



flability of our climate, in its frequent and 



M fudden 



