and how to guard againf? them. 219 
and as many of them deftroyed as poflible, by 
burning, fcalding, or drowning them; left, like 
the bees, the wafps fhould alfo poflefs the pow- 
er of raifing a Queen mother from a common 
egg. 
When a 1umber of wafps attempt to enter a- 
‘ny, hive about the end of f{ummer or beginning 
of autumn, the entry fhould be reduced to half 
an inch in length, and fcarce as much in height, 
_ that the bees may be able to defend it ; and thofe 
hives that have but few bees in them fhould be 
taken, and their bees united to other hives, as 
directed page 141, &c. But fuch as are intend- 
ed for {tock hives, if feverely attacked by wafps, 
fhould be removed to fome fituation diftant 
from plantations, and kept there, till the feafon 
of plundering, by both wafps and bees, is over. 
Veilels may alfo be placed in the apiary, with 
honey or fugar in them mixed with ale, which 
will allure and deftroy the wafps; but in fine 
days thefe veflels fhould be removed, left they 
fhould likewife allure and deftroy the bees. A- 
nother difadvantage alfo frequently attends this 
method of deftroying the wafps ; as thefe vefiels, 
placed in apiaries, are apt to attract all the wafps 
in the neighbourhood, and thus, by bringing 
hundreds that would not otherwife have come, 
Ee? render 
