and theHtuirig of them . 
many Be differentcircumftancesof the lighting or pitching 
places, that it can hardly betaughtby precepts $ butis rather 
toSe learned by vfe and experience, guided withreafon and 
diferetion. NeuerthcleiTefor thehelpeof nouices , Iwillfet 
downe fomefpeciall direflions, which he that marketh,may 
readily hiue afwarmeinmoft lighting places : and a little 
pra&ife will fit him for any. 
Firft therefore note that a fwarme is to behiued by i.lha- Four* meanes 
king, or 2. cutting the bough whereon it hangeth j or by 3. °f &*»*"& a 
wipingthe Bees down, or 4 driuing them vp into the Hiue. — . 
Ifyour fwarme light vpon a boughjfirft fpread the Man- to%Jut <* 
tie vnder it , and lay the Reft or Refts in the middle thereof, swarme that 
with the ends toward two corners of the Mantle. Ugbteth vpon * 
Thenif thefwarmebe fohigh, that you or fome afliftant 
may conucmently put the Hiue vnder it; hauing firft remo- ?<*• 
ned the twigs round about, thatftand in your way , (hake the Flt, ’ er 
Bees into the Hiue : and when you haue fet the Hiue right 
vpontheRefts, take vp thetwo corners of theMantleat the 
endsoi the Refts, and pinne them together vpon thetopof 
the Hiue, to ftay the Bees running out fodainely ; and then 
returning to the bough, fhakeit againe, and turne it afide 
outof his place, or couer it with your body, or with fome . 
cloth : and then prefently loofe the corners of the Mantle, 
and fpread them againe. When they begin to ceafe running 
into the Hiue, if you fee them lie thicke vpon the Mantle, 
(hake them to the Hiue-skirts : and the reft, as well vpon the 
Hiue as the Mantle, driue in gently with your Biufh. So 
fliall you cafily and quiedy Hiue them. O .herwife hauing 
firft' taken away the twigs that may let you, cut off the 
bough orboughes(for fomecimethey wil hang vpon many): 
and if you doubt that fome of them may fall in the cutting, 
letanotherfecondyou with the ready Hiue, holding it di- 
rectly vnder them. The bough being cut, lay the Cone bc- 
tweenetwo Angle Refts, and fet the Hiueouer them. Or 
elfe put the Cone firft in the Hiue, and then fet the Hiue 
downe vpon the Refts. 57 , 
But if they hang fo neere the ground, thatyou cannot Or low, 
conuemently put the Hiue vnder them; then placing the 
M % - Mantle 
