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but not violent, or we are likely to break the combs 
from their attachments (particularly if we direct our 
blows towards the comb face), and so bury the bees 
in the ruins of their city. In from one to five minutes, 
the wildest confusion prevails within, each bee rushing 
madly about ; when the whole, making a roaring noise 
by the vibration of their wings, commence a stampede 
into the empty hive standing over them, from the 
Fig. 67 .— Arrangkment for Open Driving 
rs, Receiving Skep ; s. Skewer ; di, di, Driving-irons ; t, Tub. 
roof of which, a few minutes later, they may be found, 
by the removal of the bandage, hanging much after 
the fashion of a natural swarm. The method so far 
outlined is called close driving,’^ because the edges of 
the two hives are brought into contact, and the escape 
of even a single bee is prevented. In this particular 
it will recommend itself to the beginner, whose 
nervous dread of a sting yet weighs with him 
