178 Of the Artificial Swarming of Bees. 
were in their original hive. It will be necefla~ 
ry, however, in this operation, to remove the 
original hive to another aplary, (See p. 176.) 
Case VI. When one has a hive that has long 
lien out, and full fhows no appearance of {warm- 
ing, if a fwarm is wifhed for, all the bees may 
be driven out, as directed, page 138. A fwarm 
may thus be obtained, which, if the weather 
anfwers, will not fail tofucceed. The old hive 
may be placed below fome other hive, the bees 
whereof will hatch out the young bees, and in > 
autumn the honey may be taken out of it, and 
all the bees put into the upper hive. 
Case VII. I have often formerly taken all the 
bees out of a hive to make.an artificial fwarm, 
and put into it a confiderable number of com- 
mon bees, in order to hatch out the young 
brood in the.combs, build a royal cell, and rear 
a Queen for themfelves. This practice | found 
in general anfwered -very well, as the bees hard- 
ly ever failed to rear a Queen. The cnly ob- 
jection againtt it arifes from this confideration, 
that from the time the old Queen is taken a- 
way, till the young one is fit to lay eggs, a pe- 
riod of twenty five days elapfes, during which 
time there 1s not a fingle egg laid in the hive. 
And when itis farther confidered, that there 
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