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left the old stock, alighted, and formed into a 
compact body, or cluster ; and not then, until 
they have sent off an embassy to search out a 
place for their future residence. Now, if the 
bees are hived immediately after they have 
alighted, before they send off their embassy 
to seek a new tenement, they will never Hy 
away, admitting they have sufficient room, 
(for it is want of room that makes them swarm 
in the first place,) and their hive is clear of 
every thing that is offensive to them. 
It is proper then that bees should be hived 
immediately after they have clustered in a 
body. If this is not done before they have had 
time to send off an embassy to select a proper 
habitation, they should be immediately moved 
to the apiary, or to some place several rods 
from the spot where they alighted, in order 
that they may not be found by their #nessen- 
gers at their return. That bees do send forth 
messengers to seek out a new residence after 
they have swarmed, and clustered in a body, 
is evident from the fact that many swarms 
have been known to enter and take up their 
abode where a few bees were seen a short 
