160 Of the Natural Swarming of Bees. 
abode in any of his-dead hives. This will ea- 
fily be difcovered by examining the entries of 
his hives, and if there are any {mall crumbs of 
wax lying like as much faw duft, on the ftool be- 
fore them, it may be prefumed, that the bees of 
the new fwarm have cleaned it off the combs ; 
and, therefore, a farther fearch ifhould be de- 
manded ; and upon turning up the hive, and 
fearching with a fmall ftick for young bees in 
the cells,as directed,(p. 120) the matter can foon 
_ be decided, whether the hive was inhabited by 
living bees, previous to the fwarm entering it, 
ornot. If fealed up maggots, or young bees ap- 
pear in the cells, the owner of the fwarm can 
have no claim; but if none of thefe appear, he 
has a right to the hive, which, if the proprietor 
of the apiary fhould refufe to deliver, he ought 
to be inftantly fummoned before a Magiftrate, 
while the hive is ftill totally deficient of young ~ 
bees ; when the cafe being plainly ftated, and 
this decifive proof adduced, the young fwarm 
will doubtlefs be ordered to be reftored, and 
the greedy proprietor of the dead hive in all 
probability fined for his covetoufnefs. 
But if the fwarm fhould not have alighted 
at the firft apiary in the direct line, the owner 
jhould fill proceed {traight forward, and he 
will 
