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These inay be put into one hive, and the queens 
decide which shall have the sovereignty. At 
evening the hive should be carefully placed upon 
the protector, hooked up, and carried to the place 
where it is to hang ; the planes should be then 
unhooked, and opened about half an inch, to ven- 
tilate the hive, and also to admit the free passage 
of the bees. Although bees indicate less disposi- 
tion to sting during swarming than at any other 
time, persons hiving them should be provided 
with a dress that will effectually secure them from 
their stings, and particular care should be taken 
not to injure or irritate them. The most conven- 
ient defense will be a covering of millenet or 
other open stuff, put over a hat enclosing the 
whole head and neck, and a pair of woolen gloves 
drawn up over the wrist. When approaching 
bees, the smoke arising from tobacco or burning 
leather, is the most effectual means of rendering 
them mild and harmless. The human breath is 
very offensive to bees ; breathing on them excites 
their greatest rage ; but you may blow upon them 
with bellows without offense. Should bees on 
any occasion make an assault on a person, it will 
avail nothing to fight or oppose them, but stand 
quietly in one position or walk moderately away 
from them. 
It is very important to have large strong swarms 
in a hive, and when a swarm is too small, two or 
more should be united. If the old stock should be 
in the common box hive, it may be transferred to 
the hive containing the second swarm, thereby 
saving the honey in the old hive, and furnishing 
a good stock of bees for the new. This may be 
done by turning the old hive bottom upwards, 
and immediately placing the mouth of the hive 
containing the second swarm, with the protector 
