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as they are obliged to pass through 
the empty hive in the way to their 
own, will then begin to work in the 
former, which may afterwards be ta¬ 
ken away, and the honey used. 
Generally, before a hive swarms 
the first time, drones appear, altho 
they are said to swarm sometimes, 
without any appearing previously. Be¬ 
fore second and third swarms, the bees 
do not He out in clusters, but come 
off in a body even in unfavourable 
weather ; but you may always be cer¬ 
tain if you shall have a second or third 
swarm, by listening at night to hear 
if there is peeping in the hive: by 
listening eight, ten, or twelve days 
