222 METHODS OF FUMING. 



eight inches deep ; fpread a cloth to cover 

 the bottom and fides. 



In the evening take a ftick feven inches 

 long, having a flit in its end to receive a piece 

 of puff about the fize of an egg; light it, ftick 

 the other end in a clod of clay, and inftantly 

 place a hive of bees over it ; and they will 

 become as eafily ftupefied as when fuffo- 

 cated by brimftone. If one piece of puff is 

 not fufficient, put in two or three upon 

 (licks. 



No. V. 



Or, inftead of a hole, a circular ridge 

 of earth, nine inches in height, with the 

 infide hollow, and fuitable to fupport the 

 hive, when fet over it. Leave a part of 

 the ridge open to piit in a fuming-pot, which 

 may be a fmall earthen pan, an old tin pot, 

 or the like, in which put the lighted puffs, 

 and cover the pot with an old funnel (the 

 pipe off) with many holes in it, to keep the 

 bees from falling on the burning puffs. Im- 

 mediately 



