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AN EASY METHOD OF 
the time of hiving them, in all cases, except 
when the swarms are small — then, the rale 
should be strict^ adhered to : notwithstand- 
ing I have hived hundreds of swarms for sev- 
enteen years last past, and have not lost a 
single swarm by flight to the woods, yet I 
hear of some losses of this kind, which ren- 
der these remarks necessary. My practice 
in hiving is, to get the bees into the shade, 
hive them as soon as possible, hang on the 
bottom board, fasten the same forward by 
means of the button so as to prevent the es- 
cape of any of the bees except through the 
mouth of the hive, place die same immedi- 
ately where I intend it to stand through the 
season. Let the bottom board down three 
eighths ot an inch on the third day after swarm- 
ing, and turn the drawers four days after hiv- 
ing, (unless they were turned at hiving.) 
Occurrences have been heard ot where 
there would seem to have been variations from 
the foregoing rules concerning swarming, to 
wit : Bees have been known to swarm before 
the hive is full of bees or comb, and then, 
swarm again two or three days after. Now, 
