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ed they would, and that they would go into 
fome other hives, provided they did not fight. 
| “Upon farther obfervation, I found, that fome 
of them entered into one hive, and fome into 
another, tll at laft the original hives were to- 
tally deferted, except the Queen and about a 
{core of bees; and that almoft all the bees en- 
tered into thofe hives that were moft happy, 
as appeared by their making a moft harmoni- 
ous found at the entry of their hives, by which 
mufic they feemed to invite and welcome their 
new friends. The deferted hives were well 
{tored with honey, and therefore I turned 
them upfide down, and placed them below 
fome of my other hives, in order that the bees 
might colle€@. the honey that was in them. 
' Such deferted hives I have often found ufeful 
for putting a young {warm into. 
I have even feen young fwarms gradually 
defert their hives in this manner, and go into 
other hives. When they go into one of their 
‘own mafter’s hives, I never fee any lofs by it, 
- efpécially when they unite peaceably ; as one 
good hive is worth four bad ones. | 
It is worthy of obfervation, that the hess ua on 
this occafion, deferted the weak hives gradual- 
ly, and not in a body, as they do when they 
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