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' keep or recover it, to march therein 

 '* ftraight forward, regarding the bufhes and 

 " hedges as he goes, left they mould be fet- 

 " tied thereon. But otherwife the line will 

 " probably lead him to fome apiary, where 

 " he may claim his fwarm. I know for cer- 

 " tain, that a fwarm will not fly a mile to an 

 " empty hive ; whereas they will fly four 

 " miles to take poueilion of an old one with 

 " combs in it." 



It is proper here to remark, that Mr. B. 

 reprefents the fetting of an old hive of combs 

 in a perfon's own garden, or apiary, as a 

 fraudulent practice ; as fuch hives may al- 

 lure his neighbour's fwarms to fettle therein. 

 So may a field of good pafture allure his 

 neighbour's cattle or fheep to feed thereon. 

 What, then, muft he not have better paftur- 

 age than thofe in his vicinity ? If ftrange bees 

 vifit his hive, which he fet, bona fide, to 

 entice his own fwarms, mould any efcape 

 unperceived, and his neighbour's bees take 

 pofieffion of it, without being followed by 

 a perfon who faw them rife, he feems to 

 have a good title to keep them ; for who 

 can fwear whofe property they were ? They 



mould 



