173), Opgie Artificial Swarming of Bees. 
to hurt them) their fpirits are brought low, 
they may be put into two different hives, and 
a Queen offered to each. To try their temper, 
however, a fpecimen of the bees may be firft 
introduced to the Queen, and if they treat her 
with mildnefs, fhe may then be introduced to 
the whole {fwarm. But, if they appear to be © 
fill in bad humour, the Queen fhould be kept 
back till they become more pacific, which 
they will quickly do; for as foon as they get 
leifr e tothink, they will mifs their Queen, . 
and make all poflible enquiry after her, run-. — 
ning up and down the hive with the urmoft _ 
impatience and anxiety, in fearch of their fo- 
vereign mother; and, when they cannot dif- 
cover her any thee, they will conclude that 
fhe has perifhed during the tumult, and moft 
of them will creep out of the hive in defpair,, 
“and ‘crawl about on the ground till they die; - 
their cafe being quite defperate, as they have 
not an egg to raife another Queen from. Some 
will perhaps attempt to fly home, hoping to 1H 
find their mother there ; and others will try if 
they can gain admittance into any other hive. 
This is the critical moment to prefent a Queen 
to them. As foon as a few of them difcover 
her, they will furround her with the greateft 
pleafure 
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