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in fending forth of Swarms or Colonies, it being blit j 
the work of 2 or 3 days to prepare for a Swarm, un- ' 
lefs bad weather hinder, which may as well prevent 
them from working as fwarming. 
1 he very next day after they are hived they begin 
to make their Combs, if the weather will allow of it, 
and will in a few days make large ones, laying Eggs 
for another brood. So that it plainly appears they 
are in no confufion either befor« or after fwarming ; | 
or that they lofe any time but the day they fwarm on. 
I hey ufually fwarm twice a year, and often three or j 
four times in a hot Summer; fo that you need not 
fear a decay of your ftock if you are but careful, but 4 
may expeft every year a fupply from each Hive to fill 
your new ones*, without leffening your breeding- ! 
ftock ; as may likewife be expected a ftoreleft for a . ! 
future encreafe, and thofe that are paft Labour left 
voii befide, if you do but take care not to over-hive 
’em. ^ - 4 — 
Beehives to male, 
K Eepers of Bees formerly made Hives of tranfpa- 
rent matter, that the^ might fee the Bees 
work, but this did not fucceed, for you cannot thro’ 
the cleareft Horn or Clafs difcern their working, nor 
their Combs, except it be in July or Augufl, about 
Noon, when Bees are moft abroad, and their compa- 
ny is final! by their killing the Drones and the dying 
of the old Bees, whofe Wings are worn away To that 
they drop when from home,and cannot return again ; 
then indeed you may difcern their Combs and Ho- *+ 
ney ; but from that time(wf. 5 fitly and Augufl) they 
woi k not in making Combs, nor yet in breeding. 
•’Tis the Opinion of fome, That by the light of 
thofe t ran fpa rent Hives the Bees work with more 
quicknefs, pleafure, a*d delight ; but it may be ob- 
ferv’d, tliat in the darkeft Caves or Cells they fhape 
their Combs as finely as in ( the moft lightfom ; be- ^ 
ftdes, the numerous Labourers do fo much darken 
their Work in ttanfparent Hives, that the Light can 
be 
