postscript. z6y 



s would not be overftocked with twenty 



4 hives, and, consequently, the twentieth 



" part of an acre would keep one /"—[This 



ftatement feems vague and uofatisfac- 



tory.] 



" Swarms fhould be covered with a cloth 

 " till the heat of the day is abated, left they 

 " fhould be urged to rife. 



" Nor fhould it be omitted to keep a watch 

 " over them, as they fometimes rife after 

 " being two or three hours in the hive, and 

 " though they had begun to work — perhaps 

 * c to fettle in another place they had previ- 

 <{ oufly prepared. Sometimes, though fel- 

 " dom, a fwarm will fly off, notwithstanding 

 *' every method that can be ufed to prevent 

 " it. This happens only in very calm wea- 

 *' ther, when bees have had liberty, fome 

 " days before fwarming, to roam about in 

 " fearch of a habitation to their liking; 

 " which if once they find, it is difficult, and 

 " often impoffible, to prevent them from 

 " emigrating to it, 



" If the rays of the fun have been inter- 



" cepted by a cloud, or ihower of rain, in 



*' the time of fwarming, the fwarms will 



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