46 How to increase the number 
fupply his own bees with ample provifions, will 
have the pleafure to fee them feed and thrive 
upon it; and fhould thofe of his neighbours 
occafionally partake, he will not have any rea- 
fon to regard it, there being no danger of a 
famine. But to obviate this objection com- 
pletely, let ten (or more) perfons in a village, 
or neighbourhood, join together and contribute 
equally in proportion to the number of their 
hives, to rear a fuflicient quantity of flowers a- 
moneft them, and upon this amicable plan, the 
expence of each proprietor will be exadly in 
proportion to the number of his hives. 
Suppofing, that there are, in. May 1795, 
twenty {tock hives in each parifh in Scotland, 
the amount in 800 parifhes would be 16,000. 
‘Then, fuppofing each of thefe hives to throw 
one fwarm, which would probably keep through 
the winter, in September we would have 32000 
ftock hives. At this period, let every gentle 
man, who rears bees, keep all his hives, young 
and old, for ftock hives, that’ are fit for it*: 
Let 
* All ttocks, or Srii fwarms, and even fome fecond {warms, will 
probably anfwer for that purpofe ; and all {warms which are near- 
ly full of combs, but rather licht, fuch as I would not advife to be — 
kept, if they were not fpeedily to increafe the ftock 3 by keeping 
them 
