2$6 UNION OF STOCKS. 



captivated thus : Put the bees that have a 

 queen into a hive or box, whofe top has 

 long flits of only five thirty -feconds of an inch 

 in width. The working bees, by much 

 tapping on the fides of the box, or by blow- 

 ing the fmoke of tobacco in, will ifTue out, 

 and leave the queen behind, as fhe will not 

 be able to pafs the flits, if accurately made. 



No. XL 



Outliers to recruit weak Stocks, 



At the clofe of the evening, place a floor 

 on a level with, and to touch that of the outr 

 Hers ; bring the weak flock pretty near ; 

 then with a fniall Mick very leifurely ftroke 

 the out-liers down on a vacant floor. In- 

 ftantly take away the ftock, and fet it at a 

 little diftance, while an afliftant places the 

 weak ftock over the floor of out-liers, its 

 edge being kept raifed by a wedge. Let 

 them remain till day-break, by which time 

 the idlers, in all probability, will have as- 

 cended; 



