_ Of Bees. 
more than obfervation: And without any 
charge of Bee-Houfes or Licenfes to ufc 
them, only Hives, Stools, and Hackles 
muft be provided in cafe of Succefs. And 
I dare affirm, that whoever fhall firffc ob¬ 
lige this Nation with a true and publick 
difeovery of this Art, may be laid to have 
done more to the advantage of Agricul¬ 
ture ("if I may call this a branch of it,) 
than any thing that h^h been done in it 
thefe many years. For in cafe the Bee-Ma- 
fter Were but certain to have one Swarm 
out of each Hive in May, what a vaft en- 
creafe would he have in a few years? Al¬ 
though he fhould permit each Swarm to 
ftand but two Swarming feafons after he 
had hived them. And what a certainty 
would he be at in the prolperity of his 
Stock; it rarely happening, that an early 
Swarm ever fuffers, unlefs through their- 
own age, or the negligence of theBee-Ma- 
fter. 
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