114 TREATISE ON THE 
hives, a mass of Bees, as large as a man’s 
head, hung from the alighting board of each, 
and were clustered on the outside of the 
hives, a grievous sight to the apiarian, as 
these outliers are quite idle. I resolved, 
therefore, to try artificial swarming with 
these hives. Availing myself of the discove- 
ries of Schirach and Huber, I cut out of an- 
other hive a piece of comb, containing eggs 
and larve of the proper age, and fixed it in one 
of my principal hives, I then removed one 
of the hives which had an outlying, or ra- 
ther outhanging mass attached to its alight- 
ing board, instantly clapping down in its 
place on the same board the already prepared 
hive, and, with the help of a hot sun, forcing 
the others to enter. ‘They made a tremen- 
dous noise, and seemed much disconcerted 
at finding, instead of the rich combs they had 
hitherto been familiar with, nothing but an 
empty hive. This agitation was kept up all 
the day by the continued arrival of those 
Bees which had been abroad when the sub- 
stitution took place, and who added. greatly 
