24 Of Beet. 
&c. Or it muft be by fome facile en* 
forcement from their Hives, by making 
their former place of abode uneafie to them. 
For Bees will depart from their Hives if 
they like them not, although Combs have 
been built in them: And I have known 
Bees fwarm, when they have had much 
room in their Hives, and nothing openly 
appearing offenfive to them. At Michael - 
mas I have had a (mall caft from a Hive, 
where there was no apparent caufe for their 
departure. Therefore may we again re¬ 
peat 
Felix qui potuit rerum cognofcere caufas. 
I only hint thefe things, that fuch that 
(out of their great love to thefe admirable 
creatures) have been at fo vaft an expence 
and trouble in profecuting that defign of 
preventing the fwarming of Bees and keep¬ 
ing them meerly for pleafure, without pro¬ 
fit, as it (contrary to the promifes of fome) 
hath proved 5 ("my felf feveral years fince 
having had a lharein thofedifapointraents,) 
may afford a little time to try fome expe¬ 
riments to multiply Swarms (inftead of 
hindering them) which may be done with¬ 
out any confiderable expence, and little 
more 
