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glass in it, that you can see your bees work. Dilute a 
small quantity of honey with water, (as bees will fill 
themselves quicker when -the honey is thin ;) put it in a 
small bottle or vial for future use. 
Go to some chosen locality to commence operations ; 
pour some of your prepared honey over your comb ; 
look now on the scattering flowers for a honey bee, such 
as John’s Wort, ( Hypericum perforatum,) the common 
teasel, ( Dipsacus Sylvestris,) golden rod, ( solidago,) 
yellow weed, (or senicle,) as these, are most frequented 
late in the season. Capture one of the bees in your 
box ; place your hand over the glass to exclude the 
light ; he will soon commence filling himself with 
honey. You can now set your box on some elevated 
object, a fence corner, stump or stake, or anything that 
happens to be near ; remove the cover entirely from 
the box, place yourself on the ground ; on your back is 
the best position to see the bee as he flies from the box, 
as his motions must now be watched ; when he first 
rises from the box he commences a series of circles, 
and then darts off in the direction of his home. If < 
the weather is warm, and lie has not more than a mile 
to fly, you may look for his return in from seven to ten 
minutes ; let him come and go two or three times from 
this place, until you are positive of the direction or line 
in which he goes ; if his home is not far off, after he 
has visited your box two or three times he will bring 
other bees with him. You can now move one of them, 
closing up the box and moving to the right or left, as 
the case may be, but select some good place to observe 
your bees as they fly from the box ; always bear in 
mind that to see them well they should be kept between 
the eye and the sky. In carrying your bees you 
