Of the Removing of Bee-hives. 93 
carried 20 hives at one time, with very little, 
damage, either to the bees or the combs. 
Great care muft be taken in placing them in 
the cart or waggon, that one hive may not in- 
terrupt or intercept the current of air from 
another. In hot fultry weather, the removal 
fhould be made in the night. 
Before placing the hives in the carriages, 
every one of them fhould be lifted off the ftool 
it ufually ftands on, and placed upon a piece 
of cloth about three feet fquare. This cloth 
fhould be of the fame texture, with thofe kinds 
of which window blinds, or cheefe-cloths are 
made, that 1t may admit air, at the fame time, 
that it effectually prevents the bees from ef- 
caping out of the hives. Let it be drawn clofe 
up, around the edges of the hive, and, when 
properly fecured to it with pack-thread, not 
a fingle bee will get out. All this fhould 
be done the evening before they are removed. 
The utmoft care fhould alfo be taken, that 
no other opening be left at any other part of 
the hive, for the bees to get out at, as the moft 
dangerous confequences might arife, as the 
jolting of the vehicle might provoke the bees to 
{ting both the driver and the horfes; which 
might occafion the overturning of the carriage, 
and 
