142 How to re-inforce Bee-hives. 
the bees will return to their own hive again ; 
and che weak hive may be placed in its Foil 
mer fituation. But when a part of the bees 
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of the flrong hive unite peaceably with thofe - 
of the weak. one, the ftrong hive fhould 
be carried co the other apiary ; for fhould it 
be placed too near the fituation where it former- — 
ly ftood, too many of its bees might go into 
the weak hive, and thus the one be impover- 
ifhed by enriching the other, Another me. 
thod, to re-inforce a hive with bees, is to bring 
it into a clean room, where. there. is. only one. © 
window ; then turn it up, and rap ‘upon it, tlh 
fome hundreds of the bees fly to the light, — 
They will run up and down the glafs in a be- © 
wildered manner, wondering, (we may fup- . ~ 
_pofe,) how the air has become fo thick, that : 4 
they cannot pafs through it, Let them remain 
in this fituation for about twenty minutes, 
which will cool their courage for fighting. 
Then let three or four {core of thofe bees, that 
are withed to be united to them, be introdu- 
ced clofe tothem. Thefe will appear as much 
bewildered as the former, by the glafs preven- 
ting their egrefs, and will readily unite with 
them, without killing a fingle bee. Upon find- 
ing them thus agree, let them all be brought 
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