Of the Artificial Swarming of Bees. 174 
pleafure, and fing aloud for joy. The reft, 
hearing the joyful news, will all crowd around 
her, and be ready to fuffocate her in their ex- 
_tacy. She fhould then be placed on the ftool, 
asin other cafes; but if, during the conflidi, 
one or both Queens have been killed, the bees 
« may either be reftored to their original hives, 
le 
_ or put into any others where they Hell be moft 
favourably received. 
In this laft {pring, (1795,) having two hives, 
that had but few bees in each, I put the bees 
) of the one hive into the other; fufpecting, that 
: as they had both bred flowly, there might be 
__adefect in the health of one or both of their 
" Queens ; and hoping that, by putting them to- 
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gether, the bees would probably hold a conful- 
tation, which of the two Queens was moft 
healthy, and, after electing her, kill or banifh 
the other, as they thought proper. The com- 
mon bees of both hives at once united kindly 
and feemed happy ; but, upon turning up the 
hive within 20 minutes after, to fee if all was 
well, I perceived a few bees cluftered together, 
_ which, however, did not greatly furprife me, 
as I thought the conjoined republics had al- 
P ready decided, which Queen fhould remain in 
the hive, and that thefe bees were leading the 
rejected 
