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EIGHTH CHAPTER. 



ON SWARMS IN GENERAL. 



DIFFERENCE OF THE TIME IN WHICH THE BEES THROW OFF THEIR SWARMS 

 — PERIOD OF SWARMING IN ENGLAND, FRANCE, ITALY, AND SICILY — PRO- 

 GRAMME OF A SWARM — DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE BEES OF A SWARM 

 AND THOSE OF THE OLD HIVE — QUANTITY OF HONEY WHICH A SWARM 

 CARRIES ALONG WITH IT — WEIGHT OF SWARMS — SIGN S PRECEDING THE 

 DEPARTURE OF A SWARM — IMPLICIT CONFIDENCE NOT TO BE PLACED IN 

 THEM — THE CLUSTERING OF BEES ARISES FROM DIFFERENT CAUSES, EX- 

 EMPLIFIED IN A CASE AT WIMBLEDON — JOY, THE CAUSE OF THE VIBRA- 

 TION OF THE BEES — QUESTION RELATIVE TO THE NOISE MADE BY A QUEEN 



PREPARATORY TO THE DEPARTURE OF A SWARM REASONS ASSIGNED FOR 



IT BY THE GERMAN API ARIANS— ROMANTIC STATEMENTS OF HUBER — THE 

 BIRTH OF A QUEEN BEE, AN IMPORTANT EVENT IN THE MONARCHY' OF 

 THE BEES — DEPORTMENT OF THE BEES ON THE BIRTH OF A QUEEN — THE 

 BEES, ACCORDING TO HUBER, IMPRISON THE QUEEN — THE QUEEN MAL- 

 TREATED BY THE BEES— THE QUEEN POSSESSED OF THE POWER OF EMIT- 

 TING A PIPING SOUND — THE POWER OF HUBER TO WITNESS THE MOTIONS 

 OF THE BEES DESCRIBED BY HIM, DENIED — NATURAL TIMIDITY OF THE 

 QUEEN — THE YOUNG QUEEN PROCEEDS TO MURDER THE REMAINING 

 QUEENS — PREVENTED BY THE COMMON BEES — A NATIONAL GUARD 

 FORMED BY THE BEES — LUDICROUS DESCRIPTION OF THEIR TREATMENT 

 OF THE QUEEN — EXTRAORDINARY POWER INVESTED IN THE QUEEN OF 

 PLACING HERSELF IN SUCH AN ATTITUDE AS TO STRIKE THE BEES MO- 

 TIONLESS — STRICTURES ON KIRBY AND RENNIE — HUBER's DESCRIPTION 

 OF A SWARM — THE QUEEN SEIZED WITH AN AGUE FIT — CAUSED BY AN 

 INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF ROYAL CELLS — THE BEES SEIZED WITH 

 THE AGUE RUSH OUT OF THE HIVE — THE SWARM FORMED ACCORDING 

 TO HUBER — THE SWARM NOT ATTENDED BY THE QUEEN — THE QUEEN 

 TAKEN PRISONER BY THE BEES — NO SWARM WILL SETTLE WITHOUT A 

 QUEEN — THE SWARM PRODUCED BY THE INCREASED TEMPERATURE OF 

 THE HIVE — CAUSES OF THE PIPING OF THE QUEEN — THE QUEENS LIBER- 

 ATED ACCORDING TO THEIR RESPECTIVE AGES — DIFFERENCE OF SOUND 

 IN OLD AND YOUNG QUEENS — THE DEPARTURE OF A SWARM A GRATIFY- 

 ING SIGHT — QUESTION RELATIVE TO THE BEES, SENDING OUT AN AD- 

 VANCED GUARD — VERIFIED BY MR. KNIGHT AND ST. JEAN DE CREVECCEUR, 

 BY DUCHET AND DUCARNE — REMARKS OF DUBOST — LAW RELATING TO 

 PLACING AN EMPTY HIVE IN A GARDEN (NOTE) — NEW SWARMS NEW HIVES 

 CULPABLE NEGLECT IN NOT PROV IDING PROPER HIVES — NEW HIVES TO 

 HE CLEARED OF ALL PROJECTING STRAWS — DIRECTIONS FOR HIVING A 

 SWARM — PLANS ADOPTED BY THE COTTAGERS TO MAKE A SWARM SETTLE 

 — THE GARDEN ENGINE RECOMMENDED BY - MARTIN — COVERING TO BE 

 USED BY THE PERSON ON HIVING A SWARM — FRYING-PANS AND OTHER 

 INSTRUMENTS RECOMMENDED BY WILDMAN — ORIGIN OF THE CUSTOM — 

 LAW RESPECTING SWARMS — SUBSTANCES WHEREWITH TO RUB THE IN- 

 TERIOR OF A NEW HIVE — LEAVES OF GARLIC AND ONIONS RECOMMENDED 

 BY THE FRENCH AND ITALIAN APIARIANS — OBJECTED TO BY L'ABBE 

 DELLA ROCCA — SIGNS OF THE QUEEN NOT BEING IN A SWARM — METHOD 

 OF REMEDYING THE EVIL — SEVERAL QUEENS IN A SWARM — THE SUPER- 

 FLUOUS QUEENS TO BE TAKEN AWAY' — SYSTEM OF LOMBARD AND 



