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HOW To INCREASE THE NUMEER OF BEE-HIVES IN A FEW 
YEARS IN SCOTLAND. 
iT PROCEED next to fhow, in what manner the 
number of bee-hives may be {peedily encreaf- 
ed in Scotland. If a gentleman of property 
has a proper fituation for bees, and the above 
reafoning has inclined him to commence the 
cultivation of bees with fpirit, let him apply 
to fome perfon tolerably {killed in that branch 
of fcience, and let him purchafe 100 or more . 
bée-hives, in the month of Auguft, and place 
them properly, according to’ the directions 
which fhall be laid down hereafter. Let him 
next rear a fufficiency of turnipsin their neigh- 
bourhood, that they may bloffom next fpring ; 
and in the month of February, let him fow 
fome muttard feed, and fome furze and broom 
upon dykes, or wafte ground. Gentlemen of 
property, who have any ground proper for 
planting, faould by all means plant a number 
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