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have settled, or you will perhaps 
discover them in some tree, bush. 
See* If-a swaim settle in a hollow 
tree, taka them out by handfuls; 
or- rap them out. If a swarm be 
likely to come off, which the mo¬ 
ther Live canrot afford to vyart, 
placing an. eek below the -stock; 
will porhaps prevent its swarming. 
Before 2nd and 3rd swarms, the 
bees do not lie out in clusters, but 
come off in a tody, even In unfa¬ 
vourable weather. But you may be 
■always certain if you shall have a 
second or third swarm, by listening 
at night to hear if there is peep¬ 
ing in the hive: by listening 8, 
