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perhaps t ike in a tetter place. 
The way some people hive their 
swarms is this: They held the emp¬ 
ty hive below the cluster; thee 
give a few smart blows to the branch 
the cluster is upon, when the great¬ 
er part of it falls into the hive - 
they then take them nimbly to the 
ground, and tu-n the hive on one 
edge, and the other raised; then 
the bees begin to aseend; but as 
some will remain on the bough, it 
is shaken continually by a long 
pcle till they rejoin the rest. 
Generally before a hive swarms 
the firsttime, drones appear, but 
