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bejow with the first swarm and leave the 
drawer empty, then it may be removed, and 
another small swarm added in the same man- 
ner. 
REMARKS. 
It is of prime importance to every bee cul- 
tivator, that all his colonies be made as nearly 
equal in numbers and strength, as possible. - 
Every experienced bee-master must be aware 
that small swarms are of but little profit to 
their owner. Generally, in a few days after 
they are hived, they are gone; — no one can 
trace their steps; some suppose they have 
fled to the woods—others, that they were 
robbed: but after all, no one is able to give 
any satisfactory account of them. Some 
pieces of comb only are left, and perhaps 
myriads of worms and millers finish off the 
whole. Then the moth is supposed to be 
their destroyer, but the true history of the 
case is generally this:— The bees become 
discouraged, or disheartened, for want of' 
numbers to constitute their colony, abandon 
their tenement, and join with their nearest 
neighbors, leaving their combs to the merci- 
less depredations of the moth. They are 
