164. Of the Natural Swarming of Bees. 
in the hive, the emigration of a {warm may be 
depended upon, within a day or two at moft, 
if the weather holds tolerably good. The 
firft night’ that thefe founds are obfervable, 
they are low, and not very frequent, nor even 
the next day ; but, on the fecond night, they 
become louder and more frequent, in fo much 
that they may fometimes be diftinguifhed at 
the diftance of fome yards fror the hive. 
Next day, if the weather be favourable, a fwarm 
may be depended upon. “ It is delightful, 
(fays Mr THor.ey) to hear thofe peculiar and 
“‘ mufical founds or notes, being an eight or 
“chord, which is truly harmonious.” They 
are fcarcely ever heard before a firtt {warm 
goes off; I believe mot once in fixty cafes, 
The reafon, I fuppofe, is, that they have in zea 
neral, only one Queen reared. to go off with 
the firft {warm ; and fometimes, when tempt- - 
ed by very fine weather, even the old Queen 
will go off with the firft colony, before the. 
young 
tions, I faw them going to the royal cells, and tear at them with 
great Doe {creaming and roaring fzemingly with great indigna-— 
» tion ;—+a phenomenon, which I could only account for, upon the 
grin aciple of their entertaining a jealoufy left their rivals in the geil 
fhould come forward, and ftand in competitition with them 
