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AN EASY METHOD OF 
stead of lying out before swarming in idleness 
as in the old box, they go up into the drawers, 
and are constantly employed in depositing the 
fruits of their labors, and are less liable to or- 
ganize in a body before swarming. It is in- 
deed true that bees have been known to leave 
and go directly to the woods when they did 
not lie out before swarming. But, in all such 
cases with which I am conversant, an attempt 
to swarming had been made previous, and 
the bees had returned to the old stock. 
Bees become associated with the human 
family, and will not often lice to the woods, 
unless they are neglected by their owner, or 
driven away by bad management. One of the 
principal causes of fugitive swarms is, want 
of vital air in the hive. The heat of the sun 
exhausts the air in the hive of its vitality in a 
few minutes, in a very hot day, and the bees 
are compelled to leave it. In 1838, many 
swarms were known to leave green trees 
where they were not well shaded by their 
own branches, and that of other trees. Spe- 
cial care should be exercised by the apiarian 
that the rays of the sun are cxeluded from the 
