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bob miw 
' September in Auturrr. Tht W 
fepri.g is seldom r.rd trilling, tut 
m Autumn (when the Bowers have 
■'given over yielding honey) very fre¬ 
quent and formidable. Wnen strong 
swarms have acam dated little 
store, they resolve, rather then 
starve, to pluncer their weaker 
neighbours, who Lave plenty oi to- 
hey. When you see Lees c; caging 
about the door of a hue and the 
bees cf the hive enrie ourirg to 
seize them a» they slight; and 
when you see them struggling and 
battling before the door of a hive; 
you may be sure t a? robber a are 
