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cended ; when, taking away the wedge, re- 

 place the ftock in its former fituation, and 

 the other at a confiderable diftance. 



But when a great quantity of bees clufter 

 round the body of a hive, an empty hive 

 fhould be placed near; when lifting the ftock 

 upon the empty hive, idlers and all thereon, 

 they will foon find and embrace the new 

 accommodation. 



Another method is, to fpread a cloth un- 

 derneath, and by a brufh or watering pot 

 fprinkle water over them ; by which means 

 they will be unable to rife, and may be 

 brufhed off on the cloth, and put on the 

 floor of an empty hive, and the weak ftock 

 over them. 



No. XII. 



To unite a queenlefs Stock to another. 



When a ftock in fummer has loft its 

 queen, ftop the door immediately, till the 

 other ftocks have done work, then open 



it 



