and the Hiring of thm, q 5 , 
if any yet hankering behinde chance to be fet vpon when 
they come to the Hiue jbe-fprinkle the Mantle, the Hiue, 
and the Bees with a little ftrong drinke, and you (hall part 
the fray. 
Andif any man maruaile why they , of the fame fwarme 
(houldfo foone be ftrangeone to an other, feeing that Bees 
of one Hiue being pent a whole day in an other, are yet wel- 
come to their fellowes at the laft j I can giue no other reafon 
but this, that they knowing a fwarme may part, and fo each 
part become a feuerall company, they deeme thefe to be fuch 
by their long abfence. And if you aske why they (hould 
findefohard entertainmentin their old home from whence 
they came, it is becaufethey went away with a Leader of their 
owae,andfo became a feuerall company. And therefore if 
(he bide away, as many as come backe, (vnlelfe they come 
prefently ) are vfed as Grangers : but if part haue brought 
hir home againe, the reft doe fafely returne afterward, either 
that euening, or the next morrow. 67. 
If the fwarme parr, as fometime it will, and fettle in diuers Mattodte if 4 
places foneere that they may fee each other 3 let the greateft f warme f art ‘ 
part alone, fpecially if it bee beft to hiue, and trouble the 
other in the fetling with (baking, gentle rubbing with 
weeds, and (pitting and blowing in the place, that they may 
goe to their fellowes. If they bee fetled and hang vpon a 
bough, cut the bough and bring them to them. K they bee 
fetled in fome other place, then put them in a hiue without 
Spleets : andif they be within a pcarchof the other part, 
mouethem both , one towards an other by little and little 
till they be clofe together. After they haue flood fo about 
halfean houte, liftvp the fpleeted hiue from his Mantle and 
Reft, and (hake the Bees out of the vnfpleeted hiue vpon the 
fame: you may full knockethe hiue downe, and then pre- 
fently clap it twice or thrice betweene your hands. This 
done, fprinkle both parts with good drinke, and then with- 
out any (lay fet the fpleeted hiue ouer them, and they will 
ftraight- way vp into it. But lay the vnfpleeted hiue along 
hard by, not where it Hood, but on the other fide : and thofe 
that remain e in it will follow their fellowes. B ut if the parts 
be 
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