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Of Beef. 
For every Bee-Mafter knows, that an ear¬ 
ly fwarm coming out when the Earth is 
clothed with wax-yielding Flowers for the 
building their Combs, and that the Bees 
have the whole oratleaft the beftpartof 
the Honey-gathering leafon before them, is 
better than two or three after Swarmes and 
better than the Stall whence it comes. 
Alfo it is obferved, that many good Stalls 
and well filled with Bees, are long ere 
they fwarm, and fometimes lie out under 
and by the doors of their Hives all the 
fvvarming leafon, there being no vifible 
caufe for fuch delay 5 which is a great im-* 
pediment to that improvement that might 
otherwife be made of thefe Infetts, and 
much troubleth and dilcourageth the Bee- 
Mafter. Every one knowing that the prin¬ 
cipal advantage that yet was ever made by 
keeping Bees, hath been in the multiplying 
them and their Colonies. 
To obtain which, many attempts have 
been made to provoke them to rife in fair 
weather, when they have abundantly lain 
out and hang’d under and by the Hive in 
great Clufters, by brulhing them down 
and often difturb their quiet, which hath 
fometimes although rarely fucceeded 5 o- 
thers have taken off the Hackle in the heat 
of 
