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pence per pound, at Edinburgh. It is alfo 

 obfervable, that he gives no account of the 

 produce of his own apiary, and only five 

 inftances of other perfons', of whom he 

 bought honey and wax. To one, in parti- 

 cular, he paid five pounds for one hive, 

 which was weighed in the market- houfe 

 of Edinburgh ; but unluckily he omits the 

 weight or dimenfions of the hive. The read- 

 er, therefore, is left to his own calculations. 



Mr. B. befides his grand refource of flow- 

 ers, relies on preferving the bees of the flocks 

 taken, and uniting them with the flocks 

 left. 



I think his ingenious method of fwarm- 

 ing deferves a place here ; and I recom- 

 mend it to a trial* as it will be too late for 

 me to do it. My work, I hope, will be 

 printed before the feafon arrives; and" my 

 age, and increasing infirmities, forbid a 

 longer delay. 



" Suppofe one drive all the bees out of a 

 " hive, and thereby make an artificial /warm* 

 " If the old hive has a royal cell in it, by 

 4< introducing into it about five thoufand 

 *< bees, they will hatch out the young queen, 

 5 " with 



