MANAGEMENT OF BEES. 
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with perfect safety. After this they become more hos- 
tile. It is then unsafe for neighboring Bees to call at 
their door, for they may be seized and dragged a- 
way. . 
Bees are provided with a sack, in which to carry 
their provisions. They leave the old Hive supplied 
with several days’ provisions, and they are compelled to 
build comb before they can empty themselves. In this 
condition, they are not easily vexed. I have doubled 
swarms at ten days’ interval between swarming, with 
perfect success. 
I would recommend doubling second swarms, and 
sending third and fourth swarms back into the old Hive 
from whence they came. This may bo done by shak- 
ing the Bees on to a board near the mouth of the Hive, 
and brushing them with a quill toward it. You will be 
apt to see the queen, making her way in. It you are 
quicker than she, you may succeed in catching her. — 
She is very quick in all her movements, especially at 
this time. If you fail to find her, they will be very apt 
to come off the next day ; and you should reuew the 
attempt until she is destroyed. The feeble colony will 
then remain with the old one. By this means you 
will keep your old stock well filled with Bees. Tpo 
much swarming is injurious. They become weak in 
numbers, and they are apt to fall a prey to the moth or 
robbers. 
RULE FOURTH. 
On Preventing Robberies. 
Apiarians have tried many experiments to prevent 
robberies, and have failed of finding a perfect remedy, 
until Stoddard’s Patent Robber Box was offered to 
the public. This, most certainly, is a great discovery, 
and worthy the attention of every Apiarian. I think 
few words are needed on this subject, as the first sight 
of this improvement, satisfies any man of its utility. 
It only needs to be applied, and the work is done. 
If you discover that your Bees are attacked by 
