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CONTENTS. 
food consnmed by a hive in a month. — Treacle to be 
used instead of sugar, ..... 200 
GHAP. XXI. 
On tjie establishment of H;ves, the Bees of which 
HAVE PERISHED BY ACCIDENT, OR THROUC.H WANT. — ^Ge- 
neral custom adoiited . with perished hives. — Error 
thereof. — Eggs left in the cells in a fecundated state. — 
Method of managing a hive under simil.ir circumstan- 
ce.s. — regenerated hive not to be placed in the Apia- 
ry. — Reason thereof. — aV(j_^warm to be expected from 
it. — The contrary affirmed by Ducoueilic, . 201 
CHAP. XXII. 
On the custom of transporting Hives from pcace to 
PLACE, for the purpose OF FRESH PASTUI\,AGE, ACCORD- 
ING TO THE PRACTICE OF THE AnCIENTS AND MoDERNS. 
Profits attending the removal of hives to the vicinity of 
heath. — Custom of removing hives in Egypt describ- 
ed. — 'J'he same practice by the Greeks and Chinese. — 
Manner of transporting the hive.s in France. — Rules laid 
down by M de Bom ire.— I'he different systems of re- 
moval examined. — Examination of the transversing of 
hives. — Contradictory statements of the quantity of ho- 
ney and wax in a hive. — Increase of the weight of a 
hive on being removed to the vicinity of a heath. — 
General recommendation, . . ' . . 202 
CHAP. XXIII. 
On THE ROBBERIES OP BeES, AND THE GENERAL METHOD OF 
PREVENTING THEM. — The Pee the natural enemy of the 
Bee. — Weak hives only suffer from pillage. A popu- 
lous hive often in want of provisions. — Resorts to rob- 
bery — A hive defended winktyTrom pillage, if infested 
with the moth. — Different causes of pillage. — After rain 
pillage most frequent. — Two seasons of pillage in the 
year. — Symptoms of an attacked hive. — Regular visits 
to be paid to the hives in the robbing seasons. — Me- 
thod of discovering young Bees from robbers. — Plan to 
be adopted with a weak hive. — Food to be given to 
weak hives. — An artifice to be adopted to mislead the 
Bees. — Instructions respecting a neighbouring Apia- 
ry, 20 .'! 
