C. 5. 
79. 
Howto flay 
them. 
So. 
'Mew to If ope 
them from other 
Hints. 
Vj.i.n. 17. 
tl. 
Set not a fwarme 
necre an others 
hining-plate. 
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W‘iai to Jo what 
the [war me is 
new hived „ 
Of the Swarming of ‘Bees, 
I had cfpied about a handfullof Bees hanging vpon a Nettle 
on the ground: among which was the Prince. When I had 
cut off the Nettle,and fee it by the Reft vnder the Hines-kirt j 
prefently the knot vnknitting, I faw the loft Prince with hir 
long traineftately walking into the Hiue. As foone asfhee 
was entred , thefe Male-contents began to ftand ftill and 
buzze, ioyfully fiiaking their wings, as they wont to doe 
when they are pleafed 5 and fo quietly kept the Hiue. To fee 
the luddaine alteration among them prefently vpon hir ap- 
proach, and how they could haue nonce of ic all at once, as 
well they without, as thofe within, would euen make a man 
to wonders but that indeed all they doe is nothing elfe but 
wonders. 
Swarmes rfiac goehome, doe fometimes ftay long before 
they rife againe: and when they rife (fpccially if they were 
hiued ) they are likely to fly away ; although I haue knowne 
afwarmeto rifefoure times in three daies, and at thelaftto 
be quietly hiued. If therefore you perceiuethe fwarme re- 
turning. beforemany be entred the old ftocke, fhut the doore 
faft : if that will not feme the curne , carric the old ftocke a- 
way ftoole and all,and fet the fwarme prefently vpon a ftoole 
in his place. 
And if any of them begoing into other Hiues, (as fome- 
times, where the Hiues ftand necre together or are many, 
fomeof them, fpecially the young Nymphs that haue nor 
beene abroad before, will doest'.) couer them with Mantles: 
for as many as enrer will die, or fcape narrowly. 
If a fwarme light neere the place where another was hiued 
a day or two before 3 be hire to fet it as farre as ccnueniently 
you may, from the place where the former lighted and 
flood : the (pace of a Pearch or fomewhat lelfe may fuffiee : 
other wife many of the firft fwarme reforting thither, will to 
the new fwarme, and fo be killed. 
When your Bees are hiued, thofe that hang on theout- 
fidc, driue in gently with your Brufh, and lay the corners of 
the Mantle that are fartheft from the Reft,ouer the Hiue, 
with boughes alfo to fhadow it, if the weather be hot. But 
if you flnde them vnwilling togoein (as in extreme hot 
weather 
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