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" hatch earlier ■, and increafe the number of 

 " bees in the hive. In a very cold winter 

 " many flocks die ,* whereas, in a mild one, 

 u very few. In the midfl of a fevere froft 

 et I have often feen my hives with young 

 ** brood in them : they are, therefore, not 

 " inactive, but breed even before they carry 

 .'* in loads." 



" About Lammas, thofe who live where 

 " bee vegetation is early over, efpeciaily if 

 " they keep numerous hives, ought to re- 

 " move them to the neighbourhood of heath 

 " grounds, if they mould be even fix or 

 t6 eight miles diftance ; and allow them to 

 " continue in that fituation till the heath is 

 " out of bloom. The rifk is, if the wea- 

 " ther turn out bad in Auguft, the trouble 

 " will be loft." [Is there no rifk of robbers?] 

 <s When bees are placed in a new fituation, 

 ci they fhould not be permitted to come out 

 * c of their hive for the firft time in cold wea- 

 " ther, but kept clofe prifoners for a day or 

 " two, or many will be chilled to death in 

 ," fearching for their new fettlements." 



" Very little ground will keep many bees 

 rt abundantly at work. One acre of land 



" would 



