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OBSERVATIONS ON THE 
a smart blow, in clusters beside each 
other, then set a hive above them, 
a little raised on one side* and they 
will ascend and unite. 
A swarm should be attended to on 
the day that it rises, and even some 
flays after, till the bees begin to carry 
home farina, lest they should rise a* 
gain. If a swarm that has risen at¬ 
tempts to settle on a stock hive* 
stop the door, and throw a cloth u- 
pon the stock; place an empty hive, 
raised a little, above it, and they 
will enter therein. Or, having shut 
the entrance of the stock hive, remove 
it to some distance: immediately set 
the empty hive in its place, & the 
