C.5. Of the Swarming of ( Becs i 
fwarmes after Mi&Canccr, with the leaft , or halfe-bufhell- 
y. c. j. it. 6. Hiuc. v. But little and late fwarmes are rather to be vnited.z/. 
67.&6Z. 
* The aire being fultry-hot , caufeth the fwarme to hang hollowj and 
fo to fceme greater than he is. 
fThe goodneffeor greatneffeof a fwarme you maymoft certainelic 
know by the weight : it being a good one that weighcth fiue pound, a rea- 
fonable good one that weigbeth f oure, and a very good one that wetgh- 
eth fix. Heercby alfo it will not be difficult, which feemeth impoffible, 
to know what number of Bees is in a fwairoe j if you know firft that 
4480. is a pound, becaufeiSo. wrigheth one ounce, as jt.one dragme. 
So that two good fwarmes vnited weighing 10. or « r. pound, doe con- 
teine betweenc40.and yo. M, the number o! a Campe-Royall : which 
company cannot wel be larger vnder one Leader, in the large!} Hiue.f.r.j. 
n. 6 . Of fucli a number did jilcxanden viftorious Army confift. For Hied. 
Sic. l.ij. reckoseth vp fomc 48. M. with throfe 13500. leaft bchinde with 
A ntifater . And lujhn.l. 9. not mentioning this company, numbrerh 
36500. which number is alfo great enough for a very fairs fwarmjas con- 
teining the quantity of tworeafonable fwarmes enitedt there being alfo 
few fingle fwarms io good, as to amount to 30000. 
The weight of any fwarme is to be knowne when the Bees are newly 
hiued , and the number in any weight when they arc newly taken. 
If this iuft proportion be not precifely kept, the Bees may 
doewellenoughin a middle- fixed hiuc: for being vndex-hi- 
ued, they will caft fomewhatthc fooner, though peraduen- 
ture the lefife fwarme 5 and being but a little ouer-hiued, 
though they fpendfome time in fupplying the formeryecres 
defers, they may yet fwarme in good time, and the fairer 
fwarme. And indeed all fwarmes, whether bigger orlelfe, 
by decreafing or increafing, doe naturally draw towards this 
quantity. 
Bucif the difproportion be much, irmuft be amended ; 
whether you fpy your error the fame day, or afterward. 
If the fame day, your remedy is to knockeout the Bees 
vpon the mantle betweene two fingle Refts,andto feta fit- 
ter Hiueouer them : but this is not to be done before the 
fwarming-houres bepaft, left fomeof the Bees take a miffe, 
and goe home again e. Otherwife you may fet theHiuein a 
Brake, v. with hisbottome vpward, and the fitter Hiuc 
vpon. 
If afterward you fee by the Bees lying out, that they are 
vnder- 
