management of bees. 107 
In the morning till three p. m. Some 
hives lie out, or cluster about the en¬ 
trance long before they swarm; ci¬ 
ther s will lie out, and yet not swarm 
at all; some will rise without the 
least previous appearance; and others 
will make a bustle about their doom, 
three or four days before they swarm. 
When bees lie out, or cluster, they 
lose their time and do nothing! there¬ 
fore, take an empty hive, cut out a 
door in its back opposite the one in 
its front, set one of the doors close 
to the entrance of stock hive, exactly 
level with it, on a proper support, and 
fill up the vacancy between the two 
hives with a hay band. The bees. 
